Amelia Opie to Cecilia (Lucy) Brightwell?: 19 October 1842

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 My dear Lucy[1]

I found it impossible to call on thy dear sister yesterday & as I shall not be home for some days I do beg thee to write me a few lines hither to say how she is going on

I almost hoped to see thy father[2] on Monday night – as I had forgotten he was to dine at the Can-Pio’s or <Proxx-Can> —

Farewel! In haste & love

Amelia Opie

Keswick Hall

10th Mo 19th 1842

 

Source: King and Pierce

Address: None

Postmark: None

 

[1] Likely Cecelia Brightwell, known to her contemporaries as “Lucy” and friend of Opie’s who would later write her memoir. See Norma Watt. “Brightwell, (Cecilia) Lucy (1811-1875).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Web. 13 Aug. 2013.

[2] Likely Thomas Brightwell (1787-1868), solicitor, and father of Cecilia Lucy Brightwell. See Norma Watt. “Brightwell, (Cecilia) Lucy (1811-1875).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Web. 13 Aug. 2013.