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Catalog Number |
1976.1.1478b |
Object Name |
Letter |
Description |
Letter found in box 1976.1.1478a with letterhead: BRISTOL 36./ WYNDSTOWE / BRISTOL / RHODE ISLAND. "For dear Bessie / With our best love - a Chippendale box from the Scotch trip - and a little frivolity from Paris! / Thursday " This letter was found in the box given to Bessie by Isoline (?) Burns who lived with her sister at Wyndstowe, a large brown shingled mansion north of Blithewold next to the little town beach on Hope St. It became the Howe house, now apartments. The original has been moved to the Archives and has been replaced with a transcription. |
Materials |
Paper |
Condition |
Good |
Associated with |
Bessie Pardee Van Wickle McKee |
Search Terms |
Box Box, trinket Chippendale letter |
Catalog Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |