SD2681. Louisa Silberrad to Mary Altham Altham & Edward Altham Altham

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 31, 000 (in part).

Stoke Court

Wednesday. [9 March 1864] [1]

Dearest little Mary & Edward

It gave me so much pleasure to hear from one of you this morng …

Wish your cousin Peni, many happy returns of the day for me, & I hope you will enjoy yourselves excessively this evening. …

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library, Altham Archive.

1. Apparently written on Pen Browning’s birthday, 9 March 1864, which was a Wednesday. The Althams were visiting in London at that time, as indicated in the diary of William Surtees Altham. (Reconstruction, L4).

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