Typescript
Elizabeth Louisa Penelope Theobald, Countess of Stamford (1865-1959)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1918
Materials
Paper
Measurements
26 x 20 cm
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 941697
Summary
Typescript copy letter signed from Penelope Stamford, President for Cheshire Royal Horticultural Society War Relief Fund, to Mrs. J. Braddon, … Northwich; letter written as part of an appeal for funds to assist in "rehabilitating the devastated gardens and orchards of our Allies.' With manuscript additions and date marked: Oct 18th [not November?] 1918. Numbered by hand in top corner: 100. From Lady Stamford's Bureau, right hand drawer
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Louisa Penelope Theobald, Countess of Stamford (1865-1959), writer