| Description | This letter is dated 'Sunday 2nd 72', but comments in the letter suggest that it was written during March. Elizabeth refers to a recent visit her parents had made to her brother John Howard who was attending Ackworth School.
Elizabeth notes that her 'stock of paper' was 'rapidly diminishing' before providing an account of her recent activities including ice skating. She adds that both she and another school girl, Lizzie Dunlop, had been made to stay at school on Saturday and do schoolwork as a punishment for 'having got 3 bad marks' in a week.
One of Elizabeth's closest school friends in Saxe-Meiningen was Edith Graham. This letter includes a short passage written to Elizabeth's parents by Edith. She writes 'Elsie and I have great fun together'. Elizabeth and Edith referred to each other as Daisy and Buttercup, Elizabeth being Buttercup. Elizabeth asks her parents if they would write a little note to Edith, adding 'she is such a little dear!'
Elizabeth writes that she had been unwell, suffering from 'a giddy headache'. The doctor had told Elizabeth she was feverish and she had taken medicine from the chemist to treat her symptoms. Elizabeth expresses her relief that she would receive more money on 25th March, writing that she was trying to save two pounds in order to 'buy a delicious desk' in the Summer. She remarks that she had already seen one from 'the Berlinton Arcade' and had 'longed for it ever since'. |