BIB_ID
430556
Accession number
MA 1617.70
Creator
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, 1847-1928.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1903 December 26.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.5 cm
Notes
This letter is one of a small collection of six letters written by Blaikie : one written to W.E. Henley, two to Anna Henley and three letters to Mrs. Richmond. This small collection is part of the much larger collection of Henley letters (MA 1617).
Written from "11 Thistle Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
Written from "11 Thistle Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Sad though things may seem it is but right to try and be cheery at this time. I know - none better - what you must feel. Few have lost as you have lost : yet few have had what you had. And what a [illegible] memory you have to look back on. I have just had a letter from Charles Whibley about things. He is a good friend if ever there was one. It is vexing to hear of your burglary. I hope Nigel's report will show things not to be very bad & that the letting of the house will go on. I am sending you my usual Christmas card. Not that I expect you to look at it, but I like to send it."
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