Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Park St., Bristol, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Mar[ch] 25, 1854

Item Information

Place of origin:
Park St., Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Mary Anne Estlin says that Parker Pillsbury is improving steadily in health. Mary A. Estlin will have "to ransack my hoards for flying-mercuries, battledores, shuttlecocks, cups & balls, & c. to keep him in exercise, ..." She describes her father [John Bishop Estlin]'s physical condition. She gives instructions about obtaining various pamphlets. She refers to the marriage of Mlle LeComte [Floreska LeComte?]. She will provide Mrs. Russell Taylor, widow of the editor of the Manchester Guardian, with a letter of introduction to Maria Weston Chapman. Mrs. Taylor is the daughter of Mrs. Gideon Acland. Praises S. A. Steinthal. "Mr. Ch[amerovzo]w is I imagine drifting New Organizationward, Mr. Chesson is silent." Mr. George Thompson's daughter is likely to recover.
Identifier:
3133498
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.28, p.7
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