BIB_ID
448244
Accession number
MA 14549.29
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
North Yorkshire, England, 1878 August 17
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 17.5 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Saturday"; inscribed "Aug 17, 1878" in pencil by former owner, presumably transcribed from the postmark on an accompanying envelope (no longer present).
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
Recounting a visit to Whitby, which he describes as "a miserable place", and complaining of the difficulty of getting lodgings there; noting that she will probably want to go to Northallerton, sending a check, and discussing her travel itinerary.
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