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To Mrs Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - R. Butler -…

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MS. Eng. lett. c. 718, fols. 17-19

Summary

To Mrs Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - R. Butler - date of marriage - M. Sneyd's return to England - Harriet and Lucy Edgeworth - Lord Mahon - Sir H. Davy's visit - his Discourses - his character and manners - Sir J. Sebright's Essay on training hawks - Napoleon's criticism of Talma - Emperor of Russia - Naples and the 'corda' - Mrs Bowdick - Captain Parry and Polar expedition - J .L. Foster and politics - Nimmo