Identity area
Reference code
Miscellaneous/Box 17/TE1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Miscellaneous/Box 17/TE1
Title
A.L.s., from Frederick Tennyson to Mrs Alexander
Date(s)
- 7 March 1860 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
5p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1807-1898)
Biographical history
Admitted 1825, migrated to Trinity 1827.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Given by F. Puryer White, Fellow and Librarian, 1950.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sends a poem but has nothing by him in his brother's handwriting. Discusses the cost of a villa in Italy and asks after mutual acquaintances. Discusses his situation in Jersey, including the weather, the house he is renting and his wife's reaction to it. Included is the poem 'The Reconciliation'.