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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799–1879
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
probably 1840s "Saturday"
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 31
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Harriet writes, complaining about the scant postal service. She hopes that Charles is well and remarks on the pleasant weather. She writes about looking for a house to rent while she and the children are away. She comments on the price of a copyright (she says it should be 50 pounds), possibly referring to a matter with an engraver that is mentioned in another letter. She sends a playful remonstrance to Caroline and asks Charles to kiss "the dear Buck," likely referring to one of their sons, but to tell him that "he must be industrious." Harriet mentions an Uncle Sam and his wife, with whom they are staying. She calls Uncle Sam's wife "a regular Irish rogue."
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 15.5. x 20 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink.
Genre:
Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Dance
Military uniforms
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Panoramas
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879
Finding Aid Title:
Charles Robert Leslie Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1269
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1269?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1