BIB_ID
436720
Accession number
MA 14300.239
Creator
Hamilton, Catherine Ann Rowan, 1820-1919, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1848.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Year of writing based on the date of the death of George Caldwell (1773-1848), the father of Anne Dunbar and Catherine Rowan Hamilton.
Addressed to "My dear Aunt."
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Written from "19 North Audley St", and dated "Tuesday".
Addressed to "My dear Aunt."
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Written from "19 North Audley St", and dated "Tuesday".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Summarizing the contents of her father George Caldwell's will, which, she notes, leaves almost the entirety of his estate to her brother William (Browne Caldwell); according to the letter, the will includes a bequest to Mrs. [Anne] Dunbar and leaves1,000 pounds "3 per ct reduced" to Rose Stuart (later Rose Blaze de Bury), "to be paid within three years after demise, provided Mrs. Dunbar signifies in writing to the executors that Rose Stuart married with her approbation."
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