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Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
135 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937002.2
Summary
Sheet of paper inviting the Mary's of the Empire to donate money towards a wedding gift to Queen Mary. On the reverse are handwritten notes, presumably in Lady Stamford's hand and documenting the amounts collected month by month. Contained within a green leather case for a notebook with tooled floral decoration to the front with the intertwined letters 'P' and 'S' (for Penelope, Countess of Stamford) (a).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).