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Autograph letter signed to Mrs Suckling senior Eliza Lynn 1822-1898 Novelist and Journalist
réf. 53556Caroline daughter of William Loaden wife 1847 of Vice-Admiral W.B. Suckling of Highwood Lodge 1788-1865 near Romsey saying she has left London and "taken a small house in Malvern. battling. with. the modern servant. simply profligate of the most abandoned kind. I found 'society' too small for me at last. a tendency to bronchitis and pneumonia" talking of the past and remaining members of her family and her daughter Lucy's children "the boys have all been very handsome. in the navy. an army chaplain. the Stock Exchange in Glasgow & the youngest is in Africa. an 'explorer' which does not bring grist to his private mill. I am very glad you wrote to me. as we grow older we do turn back in love to the old friends & the old times! Affectionately yours dear 'Caro'" 4 sides 7" x 4½" Brougham House Malvern 12th July Eliza Lynn was on the staff of the Morning Chronicle 1848-1851 and a correspondent in Paris 1851-1854. Her 'Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland' 1885 is largely from her own life. With an old note "Author of 'Grasp your Nettle' etc. etc.". unknown
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