BIB_ID
439825
Accession number
MA 14348.1
Creator
Smith, Madeleine, 1835-1928, sender.
Display Date
Glasgow, Scotland, 1855?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 26.0 x 21.3 cm
Notes
Inscribed and initialed in red ink in a hand believed to be that of Peter Taylor Young, Procurator Fiscal of the Sheriff Court Glasgow, at the head of first page: G. 211 P.T.Y.
Inscribed in ink at the foot of first page: "Lodges, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Lodges" signals where the letters were found.
Dated "Saturday Night".
Inscribed in ink at the foot of first page: "Lodges, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Lodges" signals where the letters were found.
Dated "Saturday Night".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking Emile for saying he will do all he can to make her happy; stating that she is "truly wretched" about her past conduct and will never forgive herself; asking Emile to write her when she has a little time; signs the letter with her nickname, "Mimi".
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