BIB_ID
437328
Accession number
MA 14344.4
Creator
Tunno, Maria, 1783-1853, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1817 September 27
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.7 x 18.5 cm
Notes
With postmarks and seal; address panel: To / Mrs. J.M. Raikes / West Cowes / Isle of Wight.
Written from "Thorncroft".
Dated "27 September 1817".
Maria Josepha Stanley and her husband Sir John Thomas Stanley lost their child, Elfrida Susanna in a bathing accident near Holyhead on September 17, 1817. Along with the child, three unnamed nursemaids drowned.
Forms part of a collection of letters written from Maria Tunno to Charlotte Susannah Raikes (1779-1821) and Charlotte Sarah Raikes (1799-1823); see MA 14344.
Written from "Thorncroft".
Dated "27 September 1817".
Maria Josepha Stanley and her husband Sir John Thomas Stanley lost their child, Elfrida Susanna in a bathing accident near Holyhead on September 17, 1817. Along with the child, three unnamed nursemaids drowned.
Forms part of a collection of letters written from Maria Tunno to Charlotte Susannah Raikes (1779-1821) and Charlotte Sarah Raikes (1799-1823); see MA 14344.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Postscript at head of first page inquiring about whether or not the second match in the Dunkel's family is an elopement. Body of letter expressing relief about the news of Charlotte Susannah's excellent health; conveying the tragic news about her friends, the Stanleys, “from whom I have just received a melancholy account of the loss of one of their children, and three women servants who were drowned while bathing”; describing the details of the catastrophe and how it has affected Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and the child who survived; congratulating Charlotte Susannah on the safe return of Caro and William; expressing anxiety about William's upcoming “aquatic excursion”; preparing to copy one of Romneys paintings for Charlotte Susannah; waiting for “the arrival of the picture”; describing their full house and the how they had pleasure of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Clarke with their daughter at dinner; remarking on their pleasant horseback rides; Charlotte and Rosa are pleased to see their young friends collections; remarking on Charlotte Susannah's friends' announcement; wishing Mr. Ward and his family happiness despite feeling disappointment respecting his son; conveying Rosa's good wishes to the whole family, particularly Anna; describing taking of a portrait of Rosa's friend Ellen; her sister and "her chicks" are on thier way to Brighton; noting the loss of her poor friend D. Wells; sending regards to Mr. Raikes. Crosswriting remarking on her dislike of the review of Lady Morgan's book, France, that was recently published in the Review, which she feels was possibly too harsh; remarking that the reviewer uses "a cannon to kill a sparrow."
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