A Letter to Lady Dunsany, 1800 Manuscript: Letter dated 13 ...

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A Letter to Lady Dunsany, 1800

Manuscript: Letter dated 13 August 1800 from Stoke Park [Buckinghamshire], written by Elizabeth, née Smith, wife of William John Chute of The Vyne, Hampshire, to her aunt Emma Mary [Smith], wife of Randall [Plunkett], 12th Lord Dunsany, congratulating her on “an event which I hope will be productive of much happiness … [May you] find everything comfortable and pleasant in your new abode, and enjoy all the happiness possible. It will be a new scene to you, a new country, new acquaintances.” She hopes the Dunsanys will visit them at The Vyne, and recounts her present tour of country houses in the south of England.

The “event” is Emma’s marriage to Lord Dunsany. The peerage gives two different dates for this, 24 April 1797 and 7 August 1800; this letter confirms that the second date is the correct one. As a m/ss., w.a.f.  (1)