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Lady Rosse sends her regards to Philander Chase, offering to replace his sacramental plate and invites him to stay at Hams Hall to discuss Illinois.
Date
11-26-1835
Keywords
Lady Rosse, Hams Hall, Illinois, Coleshill
Recommended Citation
Rosse, Lady, "Letter to Philander Chase" (1835). Philander Chase Letters. 1023.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1023
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Lady D[owager] Rosse sends her respectful compliments to the Right Rev’d Bishop of Illinois requests to know if has got any sacramental plate in place or what the Bishop of Ohio took [and] if not she will with pleasure replace it when he knows what it will cost. There are several friends of Ly Rosse now with her who [would] be glad to see the Bishop if [is] quite convenient to him to come to her residence Hams Hall, which is 9 miles from Birmingham. Ly R keeps her bed till 6 or 7 o’clock in evening they can then talk over the state of Illinois. - He may be sure of a [well aired] bed whenever he comes.
Hams Hall Coleshill Nov. 26th
1835
At Stonebridge is the place to turn off without going to Birmingham
The Liverpool mail passes through Coleshill