BIB_ID
447438
Accession number
MA 14549.47
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
Pickering, England, 1880? August 28
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Aug. 28"; year of writing provided 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.
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
Remarking that he has been unusually lazy of late, mentioning that he is to go to Elstree to visit George Gibbs, and observing that he needs to consider his holiday and noting that he would like to get away from London, asking after herself, Jessie, and "the boy" (i.e. his son Edgar) and asking that she let him know soon how they are and whether they need money.
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