| Description | Written from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to the British Embassy, Constantinople.
Christmas greetings: hope to meet next year: uncertainty of new year, but consolation of the Almighty's care and support:Christian religion being the surest path to happiness and gratitude owed to Christ for his sacrifice: reproach of herself for misuse of abilities, warnings neglected, evils uncorrected, Sabbaths wasted: prayers for her to grow in grace and for her brother and those dearest to her: her wish to receive his next letter and tears at thinking of him: leaving Yarmouth ("people only half civlized") tomorrow, moving on to Woolverstone, Holbrook and Tattingstone again, then to London (for her miniature portrait) and Froyle to see sister: father and Ernest well: house awaiting plastering: juvenile ball tonight: sitting of 29 at Christmas dinner, with games in the evening: grand ball at Norwich tomorrow. PS: both well, she having lost her cough: arrival of his letter, No. 6: no news on dressing cases or hat, the Reptons being in Dorset.
Sheet, with 7 pages of text, including 3 cross-hatched. Numbered "14" . |