| Description | Address given is Casa della Vida which, from his earlier letters, appears to be in Venice. The letter refers to the birth of Jessica's son Mark 'for whose birth I have prayed for day and night'. Jessica is evidently in London at the time of the birth but will go to Sledmere for the christening. Rawdon asks 'is the wet nurse from those parts?' and advises that she must be treated with all care. He also refers to Cardinal Giberto Borromeo and considers him 'one of the proudest men alive'. He makes a brief mention of the 'queen's' (Queen Victoria?) visit to Italy, |