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 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin)
(1797-1851) Author. London

A.L.S. to Mr. Halford. 18 April, n.y.
Sip. (two double sheets, octave.)

She thinks the Chester Square area is quite a

healthy location, and compares it with other

parts of London. She enclosed a description of a charity
hospital in which she is interested, & hopes Halford
will make a donation. (Printed in Jones' edition

Of Mary Shelley's letters (l9bh), no. 661-II,30l.)

 

 Dear Mr. Halford

I delayed answering your note for a day or two with
the idea of obtaining better information from a
Medical Gentlemen of this neighbourhood - I have
been disappointed - so can only now tell you my
experience of ["this" cancelled] the Square.

The houses are well built on 20 feet of gravel -
well drained & the whole vicinity very airy.

It is not a bracing air- but I never heard of fevers
prevailing - I have had nothing of the kind in my
household - which has been very healthy ever since,
I came here. I think it quite as ["a" cancelled]
healthy a sport as any part of London. Tiburnia is
said to be more bracing - but it is cold being

on clay - the only part of the town I Should

prefer as more bracing is Kensington Gore - but that
is scarcely London.

I hope you will not think that I take too great a
liberty in sending the enclosed account of our
hospital in which I take great interest. It is

a most excellent institution - carried on by
Medical gentlemen atuitous - with a humanity a
a skill & a sedulous attention quite unequalled -
nor do they seek remuneration they only anxiously
deplore that the funds are so very low. I know that
you are a munificent patron of["ch” cancelled]
several charitable institutions - that very
circumstance may disable you from extending

relief to any other - but we should be very
thankful for even a small donation.

Pray excuse this liberty & believe me

Very truly yours
Mary Shelley

2h Chester Sq.
18 April