Letters from the Liddell family
MS. Eng. c. 7974
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters from the Liddell family
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7974
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. 1-20) letters from Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (née Liddell), Jan. 1875-Sept. 1877, n.d.
(fols. 21-42) letters from Lorina Liddell, June 1876, Jan. 1878, mainly n.d.
(fols. 43-4) letter from Henry Wentworth Acland concerning the illness of Aubrey Harcourt's fiancée Edith Liddell, June 1876
(fol. 45) verse commencing 'Far better she should sleep a while' by L Lightfoot in memory of Aubrey Harcourt's fiancée Edith Liddell, [1876]
(fol. 46) verse commencing 'In the world to come Life Everlasting' by Louis Willan in memory of Aubrey Harcourt's fiancée Edith Liddell, [1876]
(fols. 47-8) letter from Violet Liddell, July 1876
(fols. 49-50) letter from Rhoda Liddell, Oct. 1876
(fols. 51-4) letter from Lorina Skene (née Liddell), Apr. 1877-Feb. 1878
(fols. 55-6) letter from Reginald Hargreaves, Aug. 1887
(fols. 57-8) letter from [? Reeve, probably brother of Lorina Hannah Liddell], n.d.
Date
1875-87, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
58 Leaves
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Collection contents
Additional papers of the Harcourt family
Correspondence and papers of Aubrey Harcourt
Letters from the Liddell family
