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Letter from George Harris, London, to Rose Blaze de Bury, 1852 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
436749
Accession number
MA 14300.243
Creator
Harris, George, 1816-1857, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1852.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.50 x 13.3 cm
Notes
Year of writing from internal evidence: Louisa Cecilia Harris died in Tours, France, on April 1, 1852.
Addressed to "My dear Madame de Bury."
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Dated "Saturday evening."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning the death of (his sister) Louisa (Cecilia Harris) from typhoid on April 1, and the grief of her husband, who "is in a pitiable state of half frenzy half sorrow."