BIB_ID
431224
Accession number
MA 14300.114
Creator
Cooke, John George, 1819-1880, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1859 June 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.2 x 12.7 cm
Notes
Written from "11 Throgmorton Street".
Signed with his initials followed by "Kuku", a reference to his name used among the Maori during his residence in New Zealand from 1841 to 1850.
Evidently a fragment consisting of the 1st and 4th pages of a letter written on a single folded sheet that has been torn in half at the fold.
Signed with his initials followed by "Kuku", a reference to his name used among the Maori during his residence in New Zealand from 1841 to 1850.
Evidently a fragment consisting of the 1st and 4th pages of a letter written on a single folded sheet that has been torn in half at the fold.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Discussing France's involvement in the current war (i.e. Second Italian War of Independence) and its impact on business in England, mentioning the recently fought Battle of Magenta and General [Patrice de] Mac-Mahon's role in leading the French side to victory; informing her that "The fight in our House of Commons will terminate tonight", and that "the Liberal Party predicts a victory by 12 to 18 votes. The new ministry will be an olla podrida indeed."; (a gap in the text follows page 1 occasioned by the removal of the 2nd and 3rd pages) Cooke reflects that they live in troubled times, "and get shuffled against strange bedfellows"; mentioning George Sand's "Elle et lui", which Madame de Bury had recommended he read, and noting that Alfred de Musset's brother (i.e. Paul de Musset) is bringing out his own version of the affair under the title "Lui et elle."
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