BIB_ID
433299
Accession number
MA 14300.173
Creator
Elgin, Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of, 1819-1898, sender.
Display Date
Dunfermline, Scotland, 1859 August 19.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.1 cm
Notes
Evidently written from Lord Elgin's ancestral home Broomhall in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Written on letterhead stationery with "Broomhall / Dunfermline" embossed in blind.
Written on letterhead stationery with "Broomhall / Dunfermline" embossed in blind.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Remarking on how pleasant it is to bring Lord Elgin back to "his beautiful ancestral home" (i.e. Broomhall); stating that she has decided to employ the sister of Madame Blaze de Bury's maid and discussing terms, the logistics of conveying her to Scotland, the extent of her duties while she is in Lady Elgin's service.
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