BIB_ID
447268
Accession number
MA 14549.35
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1879 June 24
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (11 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Tuesday"; letter dated with a suggested date of June 25, 1879 by former owner; the fact that June 25 fell on a Wednesday of that year, however, suggests June 24 as the probable date of writing.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
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
Acknowledging her plan to return home on Friday while emphasizing that she should feel free to stay on if she wishes; discussing the garden, dining at the Stanley's, the Cosmopolitan Club, and stating that he is "sorry to say" that he has engaged to dine with (Joseph) Chamberlain at Richmond; making a reference to the general anger on the part of the public at the conduct of officer Jahleel Brenton Carey and his alleged abandonment of Napoléon, the Prince Imperial, on the field of battle in Ulundi during the Zulu War.
Catalog link
Department