An envelope adressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell.
N.p., c.1851]. The original envelope adressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell of 9 Sussex Place, Regents Park, London.with a penny postage stamp, 5 bishop’s postal stamps dated 4 January 1851 and a red wax seal. (65 x 108mm). Postal stamps prove the letter had passed through Leeds, Haworth and Reighley, England. Condition : later pencil notations, some slight soiling. Provenance : From Kenneth W. Rendell, January 1975. [With:] An unrelated fragment of an autograph letter. [N.p., c.1853]. Written in 14 lines on either side of lower half page (72 x 110mm). Condition: later pencil notations accrediting the letter to Brontë, slightly faded, some creases. An intriguing letter fragment reading, " I hope you admire our advanced civilization; we have a Mechanic's Institute soiree, we drink tea , we make speeches; we vary the evenings' entertainment with vocal and… "
An envelope adressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell.
N.p., c.1851]. The original envelope adressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell of 9 Sussex Place, Regents Park, London.with a penny postage stamp, 5 bishop’s postal stamps dated 4 January 1851 and a red wax seal. (65 x 108mm). Postal stamps prove the letter had passed through Leeds, Haworth and Reighley, England. Condition : later pencil notations, some slight soiling. Provenance : From Kenneth W. Rendell, January 1975. [With:] An unrelated fragment of an autograph letter. [N.p., c.1853]. Written in 14 lines on either side of lower half page (72 x 110mm). Condition: later pencil notations accrediting the letter to Brontë, slightly faded, some creases. An intriguing letter fragment reading, " I hope you admire our advanced civilization; we have a Mechanic's Institute soiree, we drink tea , we make speeches; we vary the evenings' entertainment with vocal and… "
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