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Letter from Lucy Gardner, Tunbridge Wells, to Madame Blaze de Bury, 1859 September 1 : autograph manuscript written in the third person.

BIB_ID
435131
Accession number
MA 14300.217
Creator
Gardner, Lucy, sender.
Display Date
Tunbridge Wells, England, 1859 September 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.7 x 13 cm
Notes
Year of writing suggested by internal evidence; Marie Louise Godoy de Bassano (1837-1880) married Prince Ernest Alexandre Looz-Corswarem (1834-1868) on August 9, 1859.
Written from "The Priory / Tunbridge Wells"
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing to say that she is enjoying her visit to the countryside and to apologize for not having written sooner; mentioning Marie Louise (Godoy de Bassano) and her recent marriage to Prince Ernest Alexandre Looz Corswarem; bringing up the subject of "something your friend W. Dashwood said, in Eaton Square", assuring her that he "meant nothing by it", and further informing her that she has "a sincere friend in Sir Charles Taylor"; inquiring after Madame Blaze de Bury's health.