William Edgeworth to Fanny Edgeworth from Amlwch,…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 743, fols. 1-2
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Title
William Edgeworth to Fanny Edgeworth from Amlwch,…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 743, fols. 1-2
Summary
William Edgeworth to Fanny Edgeworth from Amlwch, Paris Mines - visited in 1818 - probable job in assisting laying out line of railroad from mines to the harbour - also a scheme for carrying on a rich pyrites mine - Mr Jones's paper of 1818 for the Admiralty proposing 'leaving men of war under the influence of this copper stream which will impregnate them so as to be proof against rot or insects' - continued 7 May - a storm - Mr Rhodes's raft - end of letter from Harriet Edgeworth from Mona House
Date
5 May 1825
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century
Edgeworth family correspondence
General family correspondence, with two travel journals
Letters to Fanny Edgeworth
William Edgeworth to Fanny Edgeworth from Amlwch,…
