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BC RF/103/7/13: Letter from Anna Jameson to 'Susan'
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/103/7/1: Letter suggesting she visit EJR on Saturday
Letter suggesting she visit EJR on Saturday. Hopes Miss Emily Taylor will be in town, and looks forward to meeting Mr [John] Kenyon and Mr [Henry Crabb?] Robinson.Transcribed by Victoria MillbankClifton Terrace
Notting Hill Wednesday
My dear…
BC/RF/103/12/2: Note from Charles Dickens to EJR
Note from Charles Dickens, Hotel Meloni, Rome, to EJR [also in Rome], wishing her well as he departs.
BC RF/103/1/13: Letter from Farmfield, 25 November [1847?]
Letter from Farmfield reporting that she and her mother are undecided about where to live [after her father's death]. They have been visiting the Lake District, and called on Miss [Harriet] Martineau, where the conversation was 'entirely mesmeric'.…
BC RF/103/1/33: Letter from Hafodunos Hall , Wales, [1849]
Letter from Hafodunos Hall, Wales, thanking EJR for her account of Kate [Roget]. She reports that she enjoyed her stay in Dolgelley [Dolgellau] and Snowdonia, and is now a guest of Mr Sandbach 'in as wild and remote a situation as can be imagined'.…
BC RF/103/1/6: Letter from Farmfield, [1849]
Letter from Farmfield describing the opening of [Hope Street Church], and reporting that Mr [Henry] Solly was delighted with Mr [A.J.] Scott's introductory lecture at Bedford Square College.
BC RF/103/1/7: Letter from Clarges Street, 10 December [1849]
Letter from Clarges Street describing a visit to the Rogets. They are worried that John Roget has offended EJR. EAB reports that Mrs [Susan Aikin] Brodribb was chosen [as Lady Visitor to the College].
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BC RF/103/1/12: Letter from Clarges Street, December [1849]
Letter from Clarges Street expressing her delight that 'all has turned out right at last' about John Roget, and reporting that she has entered a drawing class under the superintendance of Mr Armytage and feels almost 'traitor to you & Mr Cary'.
BC RF/103/1/10: Note from Clarges Street, 24 June [1850]
Note from Clarges Street arranging a visit.
BC RF/103/1/37: Letter from Tourin, Waterford, Ireland, 7 July [1850]
Letter from Tourin, Waterford, Ireland, home of EAB's cousins Richard and Fanny Musgrave, describing the journey from Holyhead. Lacks last page.
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