Letter from Robert Browning to Isa Blagden, Feb 8, 1860
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Title
Letter from Robert Browning to Isa Blagden, Feb 8, 1860
Subject
Blagden, Isabella "Isa", 1816?-1873
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
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Description
Browning mentions a letter from Cushman in which she asks him whether she is to expect Blagden soon.
Credit
Armstrong Browning Library - The Browning LettersCreator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Source
Armstrong Browning Library, The Browning Letters, Digital Collection
Date
1860-02-08
Type
Reference
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[page 1] Dearest Isa,
I meant to take time & space for fit reply to your kind letter—but am urged to write of a sudden now, because there will be a Messenger at Florence on Saturday, and I am forced to trouble you again to buy Villari’s Savonarola & send it to Mr Russell, thro’ the agency of Mr Corbett: can you be indulgent again—even to the reimbursing yourself from Wilson’s resources? Thank you, anticipatorily. I have just got a note from Miss Cushman bidding me send you a message which I will transcribe "Circumstances over which I have had no control have prevented the wishes, with regard to the m∙s. from being carried out: but I thought the said m∙s. had been already sent to Miss Collett. I have written to England to-day about it, & have no doubt it will be all right." She adds "will you tell her I shall be glad to hear from her at her leisure to know positively whether I may expect to receive her after her work is finished."
[page 2] Ba is much better—despite the tramontana—Pen, on the other hand, has a cold. Kind love to Miss Field– Apologies for the fresh trouble I give you—thanks for the negotiations with Mrs Stowe—regrets for the vile hurry in which I write, and the most affectionate greeting to yourself from yours ever, gratefully & sincerely R Browning. Miss Cushman adds "since I saw you I have been in danger from an attack of bronchitis, but to-day am out of bed."
I meant to take time & space for fit reply to your kind letter—but am urged to write of a sudden now, because there will be a Messenger at Florence on Saturday, and I am forced to trouble you again to buy Villari’s Savonarola & send it to Mr Russell, thro’ the agency of Mr Corbett: can you be indulgent again—even to the reimbursing yourself from Wilson’s resources? Thank you, anticipatorily. I have just got a note from Miss Cushman bidding me send you a message which I will transcribe "Circumstances over which I have had no control have prevented the wishes, with regard to the m∙s. from being carried out: but I thought the said m∙s. had been already sent to Miss Collett. I have written to England to-day about it, & have no doubt it will be all right." She adds "will you tell her I shall be glad to hear from her at her leisure to know positively whether I may expect to receive her after her work is finished."
[page 2] Ba is much better—despite the tramontana—Pen, on the other hand, has a cold. Kind love to Miss Field– Apologies for the fresh trouble I give you—thanks for the negotiations with Mrs Stowe—regrets for the vile hurry in which I write, and the most affectionate greeting to yourself from yours ever, gratefully & sincerely R Browning. Miss Cushman adds "since I saw you I have been in danger from an attack of bronchitis, but to-day am out of bed."
From
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
To
Blagden, Isabella "Isa", 1816?-1873
Location
Rome, Italy
Geocode (Latitude)
41.8989553
Geocode (Longitude)
12.4730842
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Citation
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, “Letter from Robert Browning to Isa Blagden, Feb 8, 1860,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 27, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/601.