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Letter from Frederick Greenwood, Bournemouth, England, to Kate Greenwood, 1883 November 8? : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
448985
Accession number
MA 14549.90
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
Bakewell, England, 1883 November 8?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 11.5 x 18.2 cm
Notes
Dated "Thursday"
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
Sending her two novels for review and adding that he intends to send her a parcel of childrens books "wh. you might take up at odd moments & intervals"; noting that they should provide her with some relief "from the disagreeables about you" and apologizing that there are so many of them; writing that "Mr. Woolner" told him that Bournemouth was "capital for people who like a dry atmosphere, but not for people who don't!"; stating that Dr. Quain told him about a doctor who appears to have made an error in his treatment, and remarking "rather careless under the circumstances"; urging her to take care of herself and "keep a good fire" in her room; writing that he received a letter from Jessy who is "agog again for going to Germany" and that she has been assured by her German master that she can "get into" a clergyman's family for 30 pounds a year, adding "It worries me very much to know what to do or say"; expressing concern for his brother Alfred who lost wife and been left with 12 children; stipulating that she not fail to ask if there is anything he can do for her.