Letters from Miss D. Anderson to Dorothy Boyle (née Savile) Countess of Burlington

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/262
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18 May 1739- 28 November 1750
  • Physical Description
    • 3 items

Scope and Content

The author writes concerning: a gift of a watch and chain and some books from Lady Burlington; going to Scarborough; her parents; Mrs Gee losing a coach horse; her brother's imprisonment in Edinburgh and his visit from Mr Grunt (CS1/262/1); working up silk given to her by Lady Burlington; Colonel Gee, Mr Langdale and an affair involving her father; thoughts of matrimony akin to Mrs Garrick's (CS1/262/2).

Administrative / Biographical History

Anderson, D. Possibly daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, who bought Kilnwick Percy in 1702.