Correspondence between members of the Somerville and Greig families, letters from Mary and William's daughters, Martha and Mary, to unnamed correspondents, and related papers
Dep. c. 364
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence between members of the Somerville and Greig families, letters from Mary and William's daughters, Martha and Mary, to unnamed correspondents, and related papers
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 364
Summary
Folder MSIF-20: letters from Woronzow Greig to Mary, 1827-1865 and n.d.
Folder MSIF-21: letters from Woronzow Greig to William Somerville, 1827-1835; draft of a letter from Woronzow Greig to his uncle, [Alexis Greig?], 17 Apr 1827
Folder MSIF-22: letters from Woronzow Greig to Martha Somerville, 1856-1865
Folder MSIF-23: letters from Woronzow Greig to Mary [C] Somerville, 1828-1865
Folder MSIF-24: letters from Woronzow Greig to Agnes Graham (later Greig), 19 Oct-7Dec 1835; letter from Woronzow Greig to [Agnes], n.d.; psalm book described by Agnes Greig as the book from which Woronzow read out aloud to her a psalm on the day before he died, n.d. [c.1865]
Folder MSIF-25: letters received by Mary, Martha and Mary [C] Somerville from Agnes Greig (formerly Graham), 1835-1874 and n.d.
Folder MSIF-26: letters received by Woronzow Greig from [M. Leven?], 7 Dec 1832, and J. Elliot, 11 Feb 1837
Folder MSIF-27: letters from Mary [C] Somerville to Woronzow Greig, 1856-1865
Folder MSIF-28: letters from Mary [C] Somerville, 1869-1872 and n.d., to correspondents including her mother, Mary, [1869] and n.d., and Agnes Greig, 3 Dec 1872 and n.d
Folder MSIF-29: letters from Mary [C] Somerville, mainly to unnamed correspondents, but many probably addressed to her sister, Martha, n.d.
Folder MSIF-30: letters and papers including:
telegram addressed to Woronzow Greig informing him of his mother's illness, 9 Mar 1865
letter addressed to Martha [Somerville], 10 Mar 1876 (incomplete)
letter from Katherine C[harters] to Martha Somerville, n.d.
extract relating to Mary Somerville in an article entitled 'Thoughts on the Ladies of the Aristocracy' in the Examiner, in the hand of William Somerville, n.d
letter from I. Fetherston to an unnamed correspondent regarding the sale of antiquarian books, 28 May 1877
Date
1827-1877 and n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (11 folders)
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Collection contents
Inner family papers
Correspondence between members of the Somerville and Greig families, letters from Mary and William's daughters, Martha and Mary, to unnamed correspondents, and related papers
