| Description | In this letter Mary Jane Taylor remarks on Elizabeth's forthcoming return home from Belleville and the visit to Paris by a family friend, Mr. Reynolds. She comments on the poor condition of Sunbury's exterior and the purchase of the family's horse, Prince. The letter also features an account of recent family and social news such as shopping trips to buy a suit for Elizabeth's brother Claude and arrangements to attend a wedding. Mary Taylor writes that Elizabeth's cousin Theodore Taylor had bought a boat and informs Elizabeth that a local newspaper boy who attended the Peckham Friends' First-Day School had enquired after Elizabeth. The letter concludes with references to family engagements and activities. |