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Letter from No 48 Bedford Square expressing regrets at having been obliged to leave Ulster Terrace, and her hopes of getting settled in a house of her own after 18 months of peripatetic existence. She reports that Miss Martin thinks that Mr [George]…

Letter from Lizard Town, Cornwall, reporting that she will return to London on 30th. She has heard that Aunt Maria [Yates] has had one of her severe attacks, so she must return to the Dingle 'but not until the College is started off for the session'.

Letter from No 31 Manchester Street, reporting that she is unwell and would like to leave London altogether.

Letter from No 31 Manchester Street, announcing her arrival back in London [from The Dingle].

Letter from No 31 Manchester Street, reporting that she has 'spent the greater part of two days' at College with Jane Martineau. There are many applications for admission to No 48 [Bedford Square].

Letter from The Dingle reporting that Aunt Maria was 'so ill we thought the end had come'; that 'Mr Chapple is under a cloud here and ladies must be cautious about visiting at his house'; and that Mr Wicksteed preached in Hope Street [Church,…

Letter of thanks to EAB from her sister-in-law Harriet Bostock and HB's son John.

Letter to EAB from Frances Martin about the Cambridge Examinations.

Letter from Skelwith Bridge near Ambleside, Westmorland, where the household consists of 'my artist Miss Blunden', Ellen Smith and 'my little schoolgirl from Liverpool'. The post man is carrier and general medium of communication with the outside…

Letter from Lakefield, Hawkeshead [home of R Ogden] expressing concern that her previous letter made EJR think her unhappy, but says 'The want of a settled home makes me more sensitive to chance influences'.