BIB_ID
450189
Accession number
MA 14549.110
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
Silloth, Cumbria, England, 1886 August 28
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Dated "Saturday".
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 of "August 28 1886?" 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
Writing on holiday from Silloth and describing his local excursions, the weather, the state of his foot, and the various places he has visited; writing that he realizes that it would have been difficult for her to visit Mrs. (Charles) Darling, but that he cannot help but feel sorry that she had to decline the invitation; stating that he doesn't expect to stay there after Wednesday night and informing her of his immediate travel plans.
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