Reference
HG12/9/10
Title
To Henry Longuet-Higgins, from Mother, Anne Higgins, 79 Bedford Street
Date free text
12 Feb 1903
Production date
From: 1903 To: 1903
Scope and Content
The death of Helen Higgins, the condition of the Abbey, has the will been proven and has he seen it? 'Yes the furniture of the house was odd. But much better & cleaner than it was the first time I ever saw the place. It was a tumble down oldd ramshackle place & scarcely a decent peice of furniture in it...but it was much improved in the aunts time, she was clever at makeshift. Please notice the curtains on the bed in the tapestry room...' Has heard from Mrs Sampson, and Horace's children and their governess but not from Horace himself since his return from America in July. Edith and Godfrey 'came to see the large new steamer the Cedric. It sailed in the afternoon fro new York. There was a large crowd to see it off, But no cheering The Morgan Line is not popular. It carries four thousand people and I believe it was full. What a lot of providing for that means. It is a much larger boat than the Oceanic.' Sunny days, thanks for primroses. Busy slaying mice 'We caught over sixty in a fortnight!'
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