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Letter from Christina Rossetti, London, to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1871? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
442154
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894 sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1871?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Dated "Monday 29th".
Possible year of writing derived from pencil marking on first page that says "Before 1886, after 1867, prob. about 1871".
Written from "56 Easton Square - N.W."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sharing that she is feeling much better; thanking Barbara for her kindness; sharing that she has returned from a month at Hampstead, which did her good; sharing that her doctor is asking her to leave town again, and she is not sure whether or not to go; asking if Barbara could lend her cottage as she once proposed; considering where to go; sending along her mother's remembrances.