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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:
1850 October 7
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 40
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The 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 writes to Charles in Paris, having sent a previous letter that was misdirected. She comments on wanting "to get Caroline away," most likely to school, soon, and asks Charles not to leave "M. with the Beales unless she can have a room to herself." Perhaps she refers to their daughter Mary. Harriet goes on to express her dislike and distrust of someone (the line is partially crossed out) and says that "she keeps you in hot water & wants angels to bear all her tartness..." She sends love to Mary and asks Charles to advise her not to spend a lot of money on a bonnet but to buy indoor shoes instead. The letter ends with Harriet's comment that "all we want is for you to take care of yourself." It is not clear whether this was the closing of the letter, but there are no other pages. The letter is addressed to Leslie at the Hotel Wagnam, Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
Physical Description:
2 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 20 x 25 cm. Autograph letter, unsigned; 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:
Dance
Military uniforms
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Panoramas
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Leslie, 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/1278
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1278?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1