BIB_ID
432682
Accession number
MA 14300.90
Creator
Caldwell, Henrietta, 1784-1869, sender.
Display Date
Cheltenham, England, 1854 February 12.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Signed "H. C.".
Year of writing suggested by internal evidence: references to Madame de Bury's financial arrangements imply that Henrietta Caldwell's sister, Anne Dunbar (1779-1853), is recently deceased; references to transactions to be carried out with the banking house of Strahan [i.e. Stahan, Paul, and Bates] indicate that the letter was written before the failure of that firm in 1855.
Signed "H. C.".
Year of writing suggested by internal evidence: references to Madame de Bury's financial arrangements imply that Henrietta Caldwell's sister, Anne Dunbar (1779-1853), is recently deceased; references to transactions to be carried out with the banking house of Strahan [i.e. Stahan, Paul, and Bates] indicate that the letter was written before the failure of that firm in 1855.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning financial and legal transactions involved in arranging for the reinterment of the body of her brother (George Caldwell) and sister, discussing conflicts she has had with "William" and complaining of his reluctance to forward money owed to her; discussing difficulties Rose Blaze de Bury has encountered collecting money owed to her from her properties (a reference to properties left to her by Henrietta Caldwell's sister, Anne Dunbar) and her dealings with the (Irish) land agent (Nicholas) Ellis; expressing her apprehension at Henri Blaze de Bury's plans to travel to Germany and her fears that the expense and effort will end in disappointment ("the B- cause will not succeed most people assert here - I think the best chances Henri has in future of prosperity must be derived from his family, & by living quietly under the powers that be.").
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