BIB_ID
439827
Accession number
MA 14348.3
Creator
Smith, Madeleine, 1835-1928, sender.
Display Date
Glasgow, Scotland, 1855?.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (10 pages) ; 13.4 x 21.7 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. 203/1 P.T.Y. On fifth page: 203/2 P.T.Y. On ninth page: G. 203/3. P.T.Y.
Inscribed in ink at the foot of the fourth page: Lodges, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Lodges" signals where the letter was found. Same inscriptions and signatures on the bottom of eighth page and tenth page.
Cross-writing on pages 5-7.
Inscribed in ink at the foot of the fourth page: Lodges, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Lodges" signals where the letter was found. Same inscriptions and signatures on the bottom of eighth page and tenth page.
Cross-writing on pages 5-7.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sharing that she feels like a new person; feeling that she "deserved" so much anger and hatred from him, but he was kind and forgave her; stating that her life will be one of devotedness to him, and that his home shall be her home; reassuring him that she will endeavor to cheer his days and stating that he alone has her love: "You only in this wide wide world have my affections"; remarking that she felt happier than she could say on "that night"; hoping that when they are officially married, they may talk about her "bad conduct" in the past tense; asking him to take care of himself; apologizing for sending back a picture of him in a moment of "madness"; writing that her dreams will be pleasant even though she has recently dreamt that he was angry with her and telling her he hated her; writing that she will see him on Sunday; giving instructions about how to meet up, and when.
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