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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS62/17
TitleLetter from Mrs Loftus
Extent1 item
Date1823
DescriptionLetter written from Stiffkey, Wells, Norfolk to Harriet Thiebault at 21 Rue de l'Arcade, Paris; dated 23 November and postmarked 1823 and signed C. Loftus

She thanks Harriet for sending some lace and 'cauchoise heart'. She makes a reference to the birth of Harriet's daughter whom she describes as 'my little godchild'; she writes about her visits to stay with Lord and Lady Charles Townshend, her family at the house of General Loftus and a planned visit to Lord and Lady James Townshend. She includes news of a mutual friend, Mrs Deacon.
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