Letter 2463

Elizabeth Macfarling to John Slowon – April 1, 1721


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Date: April 1, 1721
Author: Elizabeth Macfarling
Recipient: John Slowon

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 77-78



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The British Library Index states that the letter is an April Fools’ Day joke. Macfarling claims she is ‘very bad’ and does ‘not expect to live’. She hopes Sloane ‘will be pleased to send for me as soon as possible’.




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