Record ID:
408128
Accession number:
MA 9176.8
Date:
1890 May 23.
Credit:
Gift of Jane Stedman, 1972.
Description:
1 item (2 pages) ; 13.9 x 20.7 cm
Notes:
Written on stationery printed "2, Dean's Yard, / Westminster.S.W."
Balestier's sister, Caroline, married Rudyard Kipling.
Mary Gleed Tuttiett wrote under the pen name of Maxwell Gray.
Summary:
Expressing his pleasure that the clipping he sent her was helpful; asking about a photograph she left with his sister in the office; adding "Yes: the Isle of Wight is delightful. I went on to Freshwater by coach a few weeks ago, as Miss Tuttiett will perhaps have told you, and enjoyed it hugely. It was an altogether new revelation of an admirable spot within easy reach of London;" concluding, in autograph, "The flowers were a wonder. I envy you."
Provenance:
Gift of Jane Stedman, 1972.
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