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Title
Date(s)
- 1868 - 1886 (assumed to have been written between these dates due to letter contents) (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 letter Letter
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Provenance unknown, bought at auction by Newcastle University Library with no provenance supplied by former owner.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought at auction by Newcastle University Library.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript letter to Sir George Otto Trevelyan M.P. (1838-1928), ''Dear Mr. Trevelyan, I mean't to call this afternoon, but am threatened with cold from having faced the frost too boldly yesterday, and must be cowardly today - but I am very sorry not to see you again - have you half an hour to spare before seven o-clock - I am in all day. I am most Truely Yours. I. Ruskin''
John Ruskin addresses George Otto Trevelyan as 'Mr' and also as M.P. so the letter, undated, is assumed to be from between 1868 when GOT became an MP and 1886 when he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open to the public.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright assumed to to be held by the Ruskin estate.
Language of material
- English