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BC RF/103/7/13: Letter from Anna Jameson to 'Susan'

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Letter from Anna Jameson to 'Susan', commenting on an article in the 'Saturday Review' about Bessie Parkes: 'all women are to be maid servants in the lower classes & in higher classes kept in such a state of dependence that marriage shall be to them…

BC RF/103/8/26: Letter from Wendell and Ann Phillips

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Letter from Wendell and Ann Phillips, [London], reporting that they have to leave England for home [Boston, Massachusetts, USA], expressing gratitude for EJR's kindness when Ann was ill. They ask EJR to thank Harriet Martineau for her 'noble,…

BC RF/103/8/25: Letter from Wendell and Ann Phillips

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Letter from Wendell and Ann Phillips, Ligorno and Rome, Italy, reporting their disappointment that Ann's illness prevented them from touring Switzerland and North Italy as planned. Wendell describes their stay in Frankfurt, where he was interested to…

BC RF/103/8/15: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe reporting that her interest in America is unabated, and 'I am delighted with Mr Cairns [John Elliot Cairnes]'. The first volume of [Theodore] Parker's collected works will be out before Christmas.

BC RF/103/8/14: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe, Belgrave House [Durdham Down, Bristol], re proposals to place 'the 2nd Daily News letter' in the Liverpool Mercury.

BC RF/103/8/13: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe thanking EJR and Miss Sturch for their kindness about 'my letter in the Daily News'. The Workhouse Visiting Society plans to send a circular letter to every Union Board in England stating their plan and offering their…

BC RF/103/8/12: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe, Belgrave House, Durdham Down, Bristol, asking EJR to thank Miss Sturch for speaking to Mr Baynes 'about my papers'.

BC RF/103/8/11: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe, Belgrave House, Durdham, Bristol, asking EJR to help to place in newspapers Miss Eliot's lectures on reform of the workhouse system.

BC RF/103/8/10: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe, Newbridge House, Donabate, County Dublin, notifying EJR that Theodore Parker is in London.

BC RF/103/8/9: Letter from Frances Power Cobbe

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Letter from Frances Power Cobbe, Red Lodge House, Bristol, reporting 'excellent accounts' of Theodore Parker and his plans to come to England.