A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection #5257-aw

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Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection, Accession 5257-aw, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on April 16, 1996.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This addition to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection consists of an undated one-page letter on mourning stationery, from Richard Doddridge Blackmore to Mrs. Owen, which possibly refers to her husband's health, informing her that his nieces "were going over today to enquire for the admired & beloved one, but the weather seems likely to forbid them. I am deeply grieved to see in The Times of today that he was not so well yesterday, but we all hope earnestly that with your good care & his own calm fortitude he may be a happiness to you for years to come." Blackmore also refers to the death of his aunt in her 89th year.