A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 5257-aw
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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.