Letter from Maria Tunno, London, to Charlotte Susannah Raikes, 1817 June 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

Postscript at the head of first page asking for the address of the person who taught Caroline “the new system of writing”; sending condolences following the death of Charlotte Susannah's relative, Mrs. S. Canning, and wondering if "it is perhaps more easy not to sorrow for the deceased" because they may have made a blessed exchange with God; remarking on how difficult it is for people to feel the shock that death creates; expressing relief to hear that W.H. Raikes is in Switzerland with his afflicted mother and sisters; sharing news of her friends visiting from America and descirbing their activities, which include sight-seeing and lionizing; conveying her parents' regrets bout being unable to accept a previous invitation to get together and remarking on her father's upcoming trip to Wales; updating her on Rosa's recovery from the Measles; conveying Rosa's well-wishes to Anna; sending love to Charlotte; describing Caroline and Augusta's trip; conveying news of Edward, who is vacationing in Edinburgh; commenting on Lady Morgan's book, France, which she has skimmed and finds “incomprehensible to an Englishwoman", and her opinon is that though it is amusing, it "boasts no higher merit".