Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799–1879, Letter to Charles Robert Leslie, early 1840s, "Friday Oct 2nd"
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799–1879
- Title(s):
- Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
- Date:
- early 1840s, "Friday Oct 2nd"
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Correspondence
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 20
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Harriet labels the date on the letter, "wet day," and begins by bemoaning the wet weather. She advises Charles that she and the children will be home "on Monday," and sends various instructions for the servant, Amelia. She requests 20 pounds to pay the bills from the holiday and apologizes for the amount, however commenting that "it is all fair play." She sends love from Aunt Clark, whose eyes are better. Harriet closes with a list of expenses, one of which is "Breakage."
- Physical Description:
- 3 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18.5 x 22 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and brown/black ink.
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879
- Finding Aid Title:
- Charles Robert Leslie Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1258
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1258?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1