BIB_ID
447046
Accession number
MA 14549.7
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
England, 1873? June 5 24
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written on light blue stationery.
Dated "Thursday, June 5"; year of writing inferred from the 1871 watermark and the fact that June 5 fell on a Thursday in 1873.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Dated "Thursday, June 5"; year of writing inferred from the 1871 watermark and the fact that June 5 fell on a Thursday in 1873.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Inscriptions/Markings
With marks and annotations by former owner in pencil.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of J.W. Robertson Scott; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing her that he has been sleeping well of late; wondering what to send Jessy, noting that he owes her a watch chain and that she would probably like a ring, expressing his approval for a proposed "fête", and assuring her that he is not concerned about her expenses; suggesting she ask Jenny why she does not get along with Jessy, and remarking "Your American young man must have been a bore"; recounting an evening dining with Mr. Saunders which he described as "not pleasant", a meeting with Lady de Crespigny ("a tall, fair, pretty girl"), and his plans to dine with the Stanleys.
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