Letter and envelope, May Bayly
Maker
Bayly, May
Production date
11 Apr 1900
Object detail
Brief Description
a) An envelope addressed to Mrs Webb, The Vicarage, Gisborne.
b) A letter written by May Bayly of Poraiti to Mrs Webb, dated 11 April 1900.
The author writes: I expect you know by this time that if it were not for your brave little girl (Alice) I should be lying cold and dead now. She continues: I will never forget that awful time when I was drowning as long as I live. I can feel those...waters, even now, clutching me and drawing me down... How Alice got strength enough to carry me and pull up a young tree, I don't know.
Alice was staying with the family for her health and May pleads with Mrs Webb to allow her to stay longer with the family. She finishes: I cannot say much about her bravery in risking her life for mine for my heart is too full for words.
b) A letter written by May Bayly of Poraiti to Mrs Webb, dated 11 April 1900.
The author writes: I expect you know by this time that if it were not for your brave little girl (Alice) I should be lying cold and dead now. She continues: I will never forget that awful time when I was drowning as long as I live. I can feel those...waters, even now, clutching me and drawing me down... How Alice got strength enough to carry me and pull up a young tree, I don't know.
Alice was staying with the family for her health and May pleads with Mrs Webb to allow her to stay longer with the family. She finishes: I cannot say much about her bravery in risking her life for mine for my heart is too full for words.
Collection
Production date
11 Apr 1900
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Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten in black ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 95 x 120mm
Height x Width: 180 x 110mm
Height x Width: 180 x 110mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1900
Credit line
from the estate of Miss Elizabeth Webb
Other number(s)
m99/78/101, 78940
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