Letter from Charlotte Louisa Caldwell, London, to Baroness Marie Blaze de Bury, 1864? December 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

Apologizing for not having written, explaining that "Eleanor's state" has been keeping them all in suspense over the expected arrival of her child (presumably referring to her sister-in-law, Mary Eleanor Caldwell), and remarking that her brother (Henry Caldwell) is on his way from Portland and that she "should be vary glad if he found all her troubles over."; commenting on Madame de Bury's difficult voyage and hoping that her cough was not aggravated by the sea air; thanking her for copying out inscriptions from the tombstones of family members in France; saying that (her brother) Charles has been ill but is now improving, that her uncle is also getting better and has sent them a turkey, that there has been "gay doings" at Killyleagh Castle "given by a club of which Archibald is a member", and remarking that the affair was "rather inopportune in the present situation" as the eldest daughter was not yet presentable; describing a lively and amusing letter she received from a young woman who was not permitted to join the festivities but succeeded in recording accounts of the event the following morning; informing her that she has sent the "Mde Récamier" and the" Monde illustré" to her uncle; commenting on the differences between the French and English newspapers and asking that she send them the occasional paper (from France).