Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth from La Celle St…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 697, fols. 30-40
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Title
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth from La Celle St…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 697, fols. 30-40
Summary
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth from La Celle St Cloud - the Stricklands - breakfast at Passy with the Delesserts - description of the Château de La Celle - the cabinet with 'singerie' decoration - Beatrice Terray - dress - Prony - Madame de Boigne - way of life at La Celle - M. and Madame de Vindé - the carriage - Malmaison - St Germains - hearing Mass - hydraulic ram - M. Gibbert - return to Paris - Prony's anecdotes - logarithm tables - (from Place Bourbon) - political disturbances - tracing of a 'singerie' design
Date
4 Jun 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
Correspondence of Maria Edgeworth with her stepmother Frances Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth from La Celle St…
