Letters from her mother, Mary Sidgwick, with 1 letter to Edward
MS. Benson 3/7-8
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters from her mother, Mary Sidgwick, with 1 letter to Edward
Shelfmark
MS. Benson 3/7-8
Summary
Many of the earlier letters were written while Mary was away visiting family and friends in Brighton, Bristol and Yorkshire, there are also decriptions of visits to Wales and the Lake District, (fols.78-82, 124-5), and many letters giving advice to her daughter on marriage and motherhood
Date
1846-1888, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
269 Leaves
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Collection contents
Benson family correspondence
Correspondence of Mary 'Minnie' Benson (E.W. Benson's wife), née Sidgwick (1841-1918)
Letters from her mother, Mary Sidgwick, 1846-88, n.d., and other family members, 1853-98, n.d.
Letters from her mother, Mary Sidgwick, with 1 letter to Edward
