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Ann's transcription of Fanny's manuscript
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Dear Emma,
Thanks for the information about William and Fanny. It certainly looks possible that Fanny didn't die that night at all, but just made it look like she had. I've made a great find--a portion of her journal! I've also solved the mystery of why she doesn't show up on the Rawlins's genealogy. You'll have to read it for yourself!
I began the week at the archives looking for more Stoney Grove (Nevisian) material. I managed to find some survey notes of the property from the 1740s and a few tax records, but nothing about Fanny, her connection with the Rawlins family, or her mysterious reappearance here. I did find a catalogue entry from 1937 for a "Blake manuscript" that was temporarily on loan to the archivist. It is not there any more, however, and no one could tell me anything about it.
The owner was listed as Pauline Williamson, so I spent two days calling on every
Williamson on the island until yesterday I found her daughter. She not only knew of
the manuscript, she had a portion of it, which she was generous enough to lend to me. The
rest (are you ready for this??) had been sent to Stoney Grove in England in the
1940s!! It must be somewhere in the house. Can you enlist Shirley to help you find
it?? I promised Miss Williamson I would share it with her when it was found.
I spent all last night and this morning transcribing, I have several pages
left, and am desperate to find the rest. Please find it and bring it to me as soon as you
can. Having read the beginning, I can't wait to continue!
After all that happened between Simon and me, I can't face the thought of coming back to England, not even to save the house. You'll have to battle on without me. Chester has been in touch about the latest plans. To give him some credit, so has Simon, although his comments were fairly brief on the subject. I've sent him an email expressing my opinion on his list of possibilities, and will see that he doesn't do anything too out-of-hand.
