BIB_ID
433284
Accession number
MA 14300.177
Creator
Elgin, Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of, 1819-1898, sender.
Display Date
Dunfermline, Scotland, 1859 December 22.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 19 x 12.7 cm
Notes
Written from "Broomhall".
Written on light blue stationery.
Written on light blue stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Expressing her regret at missing her in London, thanking her for her offer to send her a maid, adding "I suppose the conditions wd. remain the same as with Clémence's sister - not more than £16 a year besides tea & beer if she needs it for her health - & that she is to be our needlewoman principally", detailing the proposed maid's list of responsibilities and desired qualifications; saying that they have taken a house in Eaton Square and that Lord Elgin is in Glasgow "for his inauguration as Lord Rector".
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