Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Ruxton from Place Bourbon…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 717, fols. 66-68
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Ruxton from Place Bourbon…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 717, fols. 66-68
Summary
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Ruxton from Place Bourbon - (1st 2 sides and a quarter in hand of Fanny Edgeworth) - description of lodgings - Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth and his wife - arrangements for Fanny and Harriet when Maria Edgeworth goes to a 'company dinner' - Countess de Salis - the Delesserts, Madame Pastoret and Madame Gautier - dinner with Countess de Salis - Comte Semft - General Donnadieu - Madame de Martainville - Ultra Royalists - party at Lady Granard's - Prince Edmond de Beauvau - Prince Galitzine, Swedish Ambassador - Humboldt - Countess Ortowska and Maria Edgeworth's books - Polish ladies - Fanny's and Earriet's toilettes for the party - their appearance in French society - Duchesse de Broglie - invitation to British Embassy - society hours in Paris - Rodolphe - embellishment of Paris
Date
29 Apr 1820
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 her aunt Mrs. Margaret Ruxton
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Ruxton from Place Bourbon…
