BIB_ID
447612
Accession number
MA 23856.1
Creator
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894, sender.
Display Date
Menton (France), 1880 December 27
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 10.3 x 8.5 cm
Notes
Addressed from "Grand Hotel Menton".
Addressed "Dear 2 dear friends".
Addressed "Dear 2 dear friends".
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Reporting that she spent "the loveliest Xmas... that ever was" with Mary Cowden Clarke and describing the food and music; commenting on how much her brother, Oscar Laighton, enjoyed the evening despite her having "to drag him there by the hair of his reluctant head"; noting the appearance and dress of Clarke; describing Genoa; describing Menton; wishing to stay longer but acknowledging that her brother is bored and homesick; thinking often of the Fields; relaying remembrances of her brother; in a postscript on the left side of the verso reporting further travel plans.
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