BC RF/103/1/40: Letter from Tourin, Waterford, Ireland, [1850]

BC RF/103/1/40: Letter from Tourin, Waterford, Ireland, [1850]

Letter from Tourin, Waterford, Ireland, observing, as the weather turns bad and potato blight threatens, the poverty of all classes in Ireland. 'The people none of them seem to have any idea that Time is a possession to be used & made money of'. She advises EJR not to visit Ireland: 'The social and physical evils of this luckless country would oppress you too much'. She expresses surprise at the choice of Mr Shaen [for the Council of Bedford College?]: 'I think considering our doubtful orthodoxy it was a pity to choose a Jewess & a Unitarian (formerly, if not still, a Chartist) to be our representatives'. The thoughts of 'Mr Newman's book' are 'oppressive'.

Elizabeth Anne [Eliza] Bostock

The Elizabeth Jesser Reid Papers are part of the Bedford College archive held at Royal Holloway, University of London Archives

Royal Holloway, University of London

[1850]

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BC RF/103/1/40