| Ref No | MS 466/1/1/16/1/1/2 |
| Finding Number | MS 466/376/65-67 |
| Title | Letter from Mary Jane Taylor to Elizabeth Taylor |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 15 September 1879 |
| Description | Mary Taylor begins this letter by remarking that she was tired of writing letters and asking her daughter to 'come home quickly' from visiting her cousin Hannah Lucas. Mary Taylor writers that the younger children in the family had gone to Scarcroft and provides an account of her efforts to help a poor widow. Mary Taylor also remarks on recent family visits and describes a number of books she had enjoyed reading which Elizabeth's aunt Bessie had borrowed from Mudie's library.
Mary Taylor writes that Elizabeth's brother Howard had travelled to Shepherd's Bush to attend a Football Club Committee. She adds 'I am very disconcerted at this - I say I enter with great interest into their bicycle pursuits - but foot ball playing seems to me barbarous and very dangerous & I do not like it'. She comments on news which Elizabeth had sent to her in recent correspondence and asks her daughter to send her love to various relatives. Mary Taylor comments that Elizabeth's elder sister Margaret would be attending her Mothers' Meeting before concluding her letter with an account of recent family activities and forthcoming events. |
| Extent | 3 |
| Format | Items |
| Physical Description | These three items should be produced together as they form parts of one individual document. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |