Item #4098 [Rossetti, Christina- ALS from Christina Rossetti] Christina Rossetti letter to William Bryant, One of Her Special "Projects" Christina Rossetti.

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[Rossetti, Christina- ALS from Christina Rossetti] Christina Rossetti letter to William Bryant, One of Her Special "Projects"

One page on black-bordered mourning stationary. "Torquay- Monday" To William Bryant, an individual who for several years solicited CGR for alms, taking advantage of her sympathy and generosity (as she herself asserts in several letters). By 1899, WMR had discovered Bryant's true intentions, which was to merely pocket the money she sent him, and later, after her death, cash in on the archive of letters she sent him at autograph dealers. Her letter, aptly portrays not only her generosity, but her civil and long-suffering attitude in an instance where, by now, she must have wondered if the cause was worth it: "Dear Mr. Bryant, I share your disappointment about the Eastbourne Letter. Yet I dare say that justice to others with a jealous claim makes it unavoidable. Well, I will not myself this time wholly disappoint you tho' I fear the enclosure (2-) will fall short of your hopes. Do not acknowledge receipt, as I feel no anxiety about its reaching you. Truly yours, Christina G. Rossetti."

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