BIB_ID
439844
Accession number
MA 14345.152
Display Date
place not specified, undated
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.5 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Signed with initials "J.B.M."
Fragment comprising the final page of a letter from an unidentified sender, possibly addressed to Catherine Gore from a disappointed admirer of her daughter, Cecilia Gore (later Cecilia Thynne).
Fragment comprising the final page of a letter from an unidentified sender, possibly addressed to Catherine Gore from a disappointed admirer of her daughter, Cecilia Gore (later Cecilia Thynne).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Final page of a letter declaring that the writer's "love for that dear child has been as pure as ever flowed from the heart of man" and adding "I am heart broken. You have done all you could do for me, & I shall ever love you for it."; proposing that he visit should he have the courage, and asking to hear from the recipient "when you hear from her."
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