| Description | This letter was sent to Elizabeth Taylor by her mother on the occasion of her fourteenth birthday on 24th June 1872. The letter refers to a book which Mary Jane Taylor and her husband John Taylor intended to send to their daughter Elizabeth as a birthday present. Mary Taylor also includes comments about family news with descriptions of Elizabeth's brother Howard (John Howard, born 1861) and cousin Theodore. She remarks on Elizabeth's recent letter which had included details about the new house 'Villa Britannia' which the schools' principals had purchased for the school in Saxe-Meiningen.
Elizabeth's father John Taylor also sent a letter to Elizabeth on her fourteenth birthday. |