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10 Durham C.R.O. Reel 1 D/LO/C/530 124 To: Lady Londonderry From: Benjamin Disraeli Dec. 12th 1859 letterhead: Grosvenor Gate |
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December 12 1859 I received yr letter the - & read it with great distress - I postponed replying until our return in the hope, that I might have seen somebody, or heard something there, wh: |
wh: might have interested, or amused, you. But we have returned to unspeakable sorrow = to the bedside of my only sister, our nearest & dearest relative - who is soon, most unexpectedly & suddenly, to be lost to us!
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us.- She was a person of great intellegence & charm - one of those persons, who are the soul of a house & the angelic spirit of a family. Therefore, I cannot write now, but these few |
few lines, tho[ugh]' after what c[oul]d not be silent. I am happy, that you have been spared to those friends who love you much - none more than Yours sincerely attached D. |
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