BIB_ID
439984
Accession number
MA 14348.11
Creator
Smith, Madeleine, 1835-1928, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 11.4 x 18.3 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: K. 280/1. P.T.Y. On fourth page: K. 280/2 P.T.Y. On envelope: K. 280/2 P.T.Y.
Inscribed in ink at the bottom of fourth page: "Trunk, Lodgings, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Trunk" and "Lodgings" signal where the letters were found.
With postmarks; address panel: To / Mr. L'Angelier, Esq. / Botanical Gardens / Glasgow.
Date from postmark.
Inscribed in ink at the bottom of fourth page: "Trunk, Lodgings, JM, BML." These are the signatures of Glasgow sheriff-officer John Murray, and his assistant Bernard M'Lauchlin. "Trunk" and "Lodgings" signal where the letters were found.
With postmarks; address panel: To / Mr. L'Angelier, Esq. / Botanical Gardens / Glasgow.
Date from postmark.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sharing that she has done nothing but think of him, and that she hopes and trusts that he is well; wishing to spend an hour in his company; feeling that her happiness would be complete if only he could know her father; stating that she will do whatever she can to make a meeting between them happen; reassuring him that she will be true to him no matter what; she is reading Alexander von Humboldt's Cosmos and planning to let him know how she likes it since he recommended it; remarking that their house is full of company at present, and that "M" will be in town this week; asking when she will be able to see him next, and hoping to receive a letter from him on Saturday the 14th; remarking that she is unsure of when she will be able to post this letter.
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