William Edgeworth to Maria Edgeworth from…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 705, fols. 194-195
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Title
William Edgeworth to Maria Edgeworth from…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 705, fols. 194-195
Summary
William Edgeworth to Maria Edgeworth from Liverpool - wants Reports (? parliamentary) on bridges, canals, railroads, steamboats, gaslights and machines - asks introduction to Roscoes - Stephenson regrets William has worked in such remote places - Stephenson's rise due to his safety lamps, like Davy's - his civility to William who shewed him Richard Lovell Edgeworth's paper of 1802 on railroads - introduction to railway directors - Stephenson's son coming back from one of the American mines has had all the benefits of a liberal education - Irish in Liverpool - a French Théatre des arts
Date
4 Dec 1826
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
Letters and papers of Maria Edgeworth
Letters from Maria Edgeworth to Honora (Beaufort)
William Edgeworth to Maria Edgeworth from…
