Letter to <persName ref="#Webb_Mary_younger">Mary Webb</persName>, November 5, 1819 Mary Russell Mitford Samantha Webb Mary Russell Mitford Society: Digital Mitford Project University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Pittsburgh Supercomputing Elisa Beshero-Bondar Transcription and coding by Shekneko Garrett Date last checked: December 31, 2017 Proofing and corrections by Samantha Webb Lisa M. Wilson First digital edition in TEI, date: February 1, 2017. P5. Edition made with help from photos taken by Digital Mitford editors Digital Mitford photo files: DSCF8984.jpg, DSCF8983.jpg, DSCF8982.jpg, DSCF8978.jpg, DSCF8977.jpg, DSCF8976.jpg, DSCF8974.jpg, DSCF8973.jpg, DSCF8972.jpg, DSCF8971.jpg Digital Mitford: The Mary Russell Mitford Archive Greensburg, PA, USA 2013

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Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Digital Mitford Letters: The Mary Russell Mitford Archive Reading Central Library No volume listed No shelfmark information Letter from Mary Russell Mitford to Mary Webb, 1819 November 5. We arrived at this date by checking a perpetual calendar: November 5, 1819 was a Friday. Mitford's journal indicates she received a copy of Talfourd's petition on November 5 and wrote to Mary Webb on November 7 and Needham's note also gives November 5 date, referencing the journal.

Paper, one sheet, two surfaces photographed. and the number of page surfaces photographed. Folded in half and then again in thirds for sealing.

No postmarks

Sheet (pages three and four) torn on right edge of page three where wax seal was removed.

Red wax seal, complete, impressed with "Mary", adhered to page four.

Someone, apparently other than Mitford, perhaps cataloging letters and describing them, who left grey pencil marks and numbered her letters now in the Reading Central Library's collection. This letter is labeled "[5 Nov. 1819]" in the top left of the first leaf.

Mitford’s spelling and punctuation are retained, except where a word is split at the end of a line and the beginning of the next in the manuscript. Where Mitford’s spelling and hyphenation of words deviates from the standard, in order to facilitate searching we are using the TEI elements “choice," “sic," and “reg" to encode both Mitford’s spelling and the regular international standard of Oxford English spelling, following the first listed spelling in the Oxford English Dictionary. The long s and ligatured forms are not encoded.
[5 Nov. 1819] Friday Evening. My dearest Mary

Be so good as to give the accompanying book (God help me I was going to say the enclosed) to Mr. James Wheeler with a thousand thanks & Compts. Complimenta from Mr. Green and myself. I had intended sending with it Mr. Abernethys's doleful whining reply as contained in the Pamphleteer, but find on applying to Papa (a great fool I was for so applying) that he has promised Col. Anstruther not to let it out of his hand--& the good Colonel being as tenacious about books as those who never read them commonly are there are no hopes from that quarter. If however you should have mentioned it to Mr. James Wheeler & he should like to see this melancholy attempt I will certainly get it for him from Dr. Valpy who has the book & will lend it without difficulty--Let me know when you write next--unless the Watlington Ball & the claims of John Hayward shall have put all other subjects out of your head. Say every thing that is most affectionate to dear Jane how much I should have liked to h ave gone with you! I certainly would if Mama has been quite well. This dear Mama is rather better today. She sends kindest love & wants very much to see you & Miss Jeremy of whom we have talked a great deal. Pray come soon--I will bribe you by a promise to show you a M.S. manuscript Petition and Address of Mr. Talfourd's (sent me this morning by King Joe) which is worth its weight in gold for beautiful writing and fine moral feeling--they did not send it you know--perhaps they were rig htnot to send such a Petition to the Regen t-- It would have been casting pearls before swine--a great deal too loyal to say .--We shall hope to hear good tidings of the dear Papa tomorrow--Love toall--

Ever my dear Friend most faithfully & affectionately your's yours M.R.M.
To Miss Webb.

Papa says you have a very pretty idea of whist & were the next best player to himself the other night. Mercy for young modest Miss Mary!

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