BIB_ID
81039
Accession number
MA 2696.42
Creator
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
Display Date
1851 November 15.
Credit line
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description
1 item (7 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
With postmarks and seal, addressed to James Taylor Esqr, Bombay, India.
High reserve.
High reserve.
Provenance
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife, Helen Safford Bonnell.
Summary
Responding to his descriptions of travel in India and comparing his account of a "bath-scene" to Thackeray's account in Notes of a journey from Cornhill to grand Cairo; mentioning that she spent a few weeks in London; commenting on Thackeray's lectures, Rachel's acting, and the Crystal Palace.
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