4910. EBB to Messrs. Boddington & Co.

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 29, 152.

Florence.

June 15– 1861–

Messrs Boddington & Co.

Gentlemen, [1]

I hope that the sanction of Mr Chorley, the only one of my trustees who resides in England, will be considered sufficient by you to act upon in order to the sale of the ship David Lyon– I have written to Sir Joseph Arnould in India: but to wait for his answer would involve much delay–

Faithfully yours

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Wellesley College.

1. Messrs. Boddington & Co., with offices at St. Helen’s Place, London, were West Indies merchants and longtime business associates of the Barretts and Moulton-Barretts.

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