BIB_ID
447421
Accession number
MA 14549.43
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
London?, England, 1880? June 1
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written on paper watermarked "1880".
Signed "Your affectionate Dad".
Dated "June 1."; year of writing from watermark.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Signed "Your affectionate Dad".
Dated "June 1."; year of writing from watermark.
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; numbered "K1" at head of first page.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of J.W. Robertson Scott; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Describing the weather as "glorious" and giving an account of a party he attended at Mrs. Stanley's on Monday ("extremely pleasant : plenty of good nature, & gaiety, & humanity in general") noting that the Prince Xtn and Princess were there, along with a number of other distinguished guests; mentioning dining with Mr. and Mrs. Blakeway and Mr. Drummond, and attending a "musical party at Mr. Oppenheim's"; remarking that "Punch is quite affectionate again; the Virginian prodigiously vociferous"; referring to family and household matters.
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