RefNoHSF/2/4/34
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Mary Cornwallis Herschel, to [John Herschel]
CreatorHerschel; Mary Cornwallis [formerly Power; née Lipscombe] (1829-1876)
Date2 February 1872
DescriptionShe has just finished 'The Spectator' and thought the article on the Prince and the Press was good. She is better, although coughing from 4.00am, taking 'a dram' [morphine] after 10.00am. She has had a longing for beer, and took half a glass, and has ordered the carriage. Mary discusses the post, letters to Collingwood, and corrects her previous information on the bank receipt. She is filling a scrap-book featuring the old letters of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, which would 'rejoice the heart of a collector'.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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