RefNoHSF/2/4/14
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Mary Cornwallis Herschel, to [John Herschel]
CreatorHerschel; Mary Cornwallis [formerly Power; née Lipscombe] (1829-1876)
Date26 December [1871]
DescriptionShe has received no letters from John since his first from Raichore. She was at a long and tedious church service for the sake of Christmas Day and the sacrament. The clergyman was depressing, but the church was pretty with greenery and flowers. The Gunnings pressed her to tiffin and the Davises to dinner, but she spent Christmas alone and quietly. She has been reading Bishop Heber's Indian journals and gives an account of them. They have had heavy rains overnight and little sunshine, and so she is not tempted to go exploring.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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