M. O'Kean, St. Omir, to [William Chambers]

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

CHA/1/35

Title

M. O'Kean, St. Omir, to [William Chambers]

Date

13 Apr 1775

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

She hopes he will visit with his family in the summer. Expresses her surprise at his brother's marriage. Her brother, Colonel Darby would do the same thing but for his three sons, he has become "a down right Frenchman". She hears he has a lady in Paris. Describes the character of the eldest daughter of Mrs Toms, disfigured by small-pox, but of amiable disposition. The Duchess of Kingston, devoid of a "grane of virtue", has returned to Calais, hence to England.