Autograph letter signed from James Martin to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written from Colwall and dated 2 February [1843]
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CMV35286
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MA 8917.44, ‘Autograph letter signed : Colwall, to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, [1843] February 2.’
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Autograph letter signed from James Martin to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written from Colwall and dated 2 February [1843]
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from James Martin to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written from Colwall and dated 2 February [1843].
Detailed Summary:
Martin begins by outlining the similarities between their lives, touching upon their pets and learning. He then refers to a character from Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby who keeps a single flower in his room before quoting from Voltaire’s Candide, writing: ‘mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.’ He explores this quotation and its meaning, before adding that he will soon have to return to London.
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3 pp.
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185 x 114 mm
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A postmark dated 1843 has been added to the envelope. This suggests that Martin had made an error when dating the letter 1842.
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2 February [1843]
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Aqcquired by the Morgan Library from the University of Illinois in 1961.
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