BIB_ID
431199
Accession number
MA 1617.216
Creator
Jenkin, Anne Austin, -1921.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1881 December ?.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm
Notes
This letter is one of twenty-nine letters from Anne Jenkin to Henley, most of which are undated, but appear to have been written between 1878-1883.
Written from "3 G't Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
The letter is undated but follows on a conversation begun in two previous letters, MA 1617.214 and MA 1617.214 which suggest a date of December 1881.
Written from "3 G't Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
The letter is undated but follows on a conversation begun in two previous letters, MA 1617.214 and MA 1617.214 which suggest a date of December 1881.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Referring to his criticism of her performance and clarifying what she believes to have been his intent; saying "Not? 'Yes' on a post-card enough - Geography always was the weakest of my many weak points - But I will conquer that of both worlds if I can."
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