BIB_ID
437612
Accession number
MA 14300.71
Creator
Caldwell, Charles Benjamin, 1809-1896, sender.
Display Date
Boveridge, England, 1859 February 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 21 x 13.5 cm
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking her for a letter of condolence on the death of his father (Charles Andrew Caldwell), noting that his father "was fully prepared for his great & sudden change" and appeared to have a presentiment of his impending death, and that he has "arranged all his affairs" and "prayed he might be spared lingering sickness & pain" adding "I see now how his prayer has been answered"; mentioning his sisters and stating that he is sure her letter was welcome to them.
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