Thomas Woolner letter to Marian Lewis, 1876 March 11
Scope and Contents
"March 11 '76. My dear Mrs Lewis, I am grieved at your sad news, and hope it is only a few days of depression you have to be anxious about. Tell him he must not think of writing unless doing so allows one to accept it as a sign of very great improvement indeed: - mind this is bona fide, and I cannot accede to any vagaries of his generous impulses. I do not at all like writing to my wife that he is worse for his last letter rejoiced her so much; and she gets so little holiday, having this refractory tribe always on her hands, I do not like to send down a cloud to shade her day of sunshine. - She gave in this morning's letter a fine account of the glorious sea and the waves washing over the roadway. The children are with me; so that she has nothing to do but laugh and grow fat. - Hoping for good news- Ever truly yours, T. Woolner."
Dates
- 1876 March 11
Creator
Physical Description
1 folded sheet (3 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
With blind-embossed letterhead: 29, Welbeck Street. W.
- Correspondence
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876
- Lewis, Marian, approximately 1826-1906 -- Correspondence
- Woolner, Alice, 1845-1912
- Woolner, Thomas, 1825-1892 -- Correspondence
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