In Mid-Victorian Cape Town : Letters From Miss Rutherfoord

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In Mid-Victorian Cape Town : Letters From Miss Rutherfoord

Joyce Murray (Editor)

Published by A.A. Balkema (1953)

Previous owner's stamp, gift inscription. Spine a bit shaky

"March 23rd, 1852, was Mary Rutherfoord's Wedding Day, the day on which her younger sister Emma succeeded to the title of 'Miss Rutherfoord'. Emma was nearly eighteen and very conscious of the dignity of her new position and the responsibilities it entailed. For the next four years she carried out her duties as the eldest daughter at home, paying calls with Mama and helping her to receive visitors, giving out the household stores each morning and keeping the weekly household accounts, and being an example to her younger sisters. In 1856 she became Mrs. Andrew Murray, and went out into the wilds of the Orange Free State to share with her husband the trials and hardships of his work in Bloemfontein. The following letters were all written during this period before her marriage, and give a picture of happy family life in fairly comfortable circumstances, in Cape Town of the fifties.".

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