BIB_ID
433270
Accession number
MA 23529
Creator
Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1827 May 17.
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Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2019.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 11.6 x 9.3 cm
Notes
Grant gives the place of writing as "Brae House," a house in Edinburgh to which she moved in 1826.
Address panel with remnants of a seal: "Mr Miller / Bookseller."
Acquired as part of a collection of letters by important 19th-century woman writers, including Maria Edgeworth, L.E.L., and Harriet Martineau. Each item in the collection is cataloged separately.
Address panel with remnants of a seal: "Mr Miller / Bookseller."
Acquired as part of a collection of letters by important 19th-century woman writers, including Maria Edgeworth, L.E.L., and Harriet Martineau. Each item in the collection is cataloged separately.
Provenance
Purchased at Bonhams, London, 27 March 2019, lot 202.
Summary
Inviting Miller to breakfast tomorrow; instructing him, "You are to come with a beautiful flower in your hand, a benevolent smile on your countenance, and a pleasant [detail?] of your morning excursion. All which will entitle you to a chearful welcome."
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