BIB_ID
447267
Accession number
MA 14549.36
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
Askrigg, England, 1879 August 11
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written on paper watermarked "1879".
Dated "Monday morning"; date of writing suggested by former owner.
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 "Monday morning"; date of writing suggested by former owner.
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 date and other marks and annotations inscribed in pencil by former owner J.W. Robertson Scott.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of J.W. Robertson Scott; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Mentioning a telegram he has sent them, writing that he has arrived (in Askrigg) and that his inn is a good one, although it is too far from the valley and poorly situated for excursions, and discussing walks and day trips he has taken or plans to take.
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