1816 letter from Lady Diana Barham to Mrs. Thomas Haweis
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Title |
1816 letter from Lady Diana Barham to Mrs. Thomas Haweis |
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Post Date |
1816, after February 17 |
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Author |
Barham, Lady Diana (1762-1823) |
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Recipient |
[McDowall, Elizabeth 'Bessy] Mrs. Thomas Haweis (1778-1855) |
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Date |
1816-02-18 |
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Physical Description |
4 pp. total; 2 pp. text; 1 p. address; 1 p. blank |
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Dimensions |
37.5 x 23.4 cm |
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Location (Box, Folder) |
Box 1, File 07 |
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Address To |
5 Beauford [sic] Buildings, Bath |
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Country To |
England |
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Address From |
Llannindod Wells, Builth, Radmorshire |
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Country From |
Wales |
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Transcriber |
Gareth Lloyd |
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Plain Text Transcription |
From Lady Barham [Diana Noel] in Llandindrod Wells in Powys to [Elizabeth Haweis] at Beaufort Buildings, Bath, Somerset. She is afraid that she did not inform Elizabeth where she could be contacted – her memory is almost destroyed through distress and illness but she does so want to hear of ‘our sweet Sydney’ (in Barham's letters the initials 'S.S.' are often used to denote a name-this evidence indicates that 'S.S.' stands for 'sweet Sydney' and that it was evidently an affectionate nickname for Elizabeth Haweis. It was also used by Lady Elizabeth Elton in her correspondence with Elizabeth Haweis.) so she must write to Llandindrod Wells directly. Since Diana wrote last, she has been in a new state of distress that she could never have forseen. ‘Having a law that [unreadable word] my eldest son; in short all their names except William’s and Gerard’s are in the bill. It has almost killed me, but my own faithful S.S. [sweet Sydney] will be glad to hear that I seem again mending…’ (1 sheet, 4p.) [1816] (annotated by Thomas Haweis [?] - 'Lord Barham's note of hand') |
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Notes |
For related items, see under Charles N. Noel, Thomas Haweis (February, 1816), and the other Barham letters in this collection. |
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Digital Resources Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2012 |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width |
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Digital Publisher |
Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library |
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Decade |
1810-1819 |
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