| Description | In this letter Elizabeth Taylor thanks her parents for the letters and presents which they had sent to her to commemorate her recent birthday. She provides an account of her activities on her birthday when she had shopped for presents, visited friends and 'feasted on strawberries & cakes' at the Bon Marche.
Elizabeth describes her participation in recent temperance meetings which had been well attended, noting that she had been complimented on her singing. She also provides a detailed account of a wedding which she had attended where she had discussed temperance with some gentlemen who had suggested that they would try it if they lived in England. Elizabeth concludes her letter remarking on Madamoiselle de Broen's plans to visit London to gain support for the mission. |