To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street -…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 713, fols. 64-69
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street -…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 713, fols. 64-69
Summary
To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street - visit to Bedgebury - the Beresfords - T.R. Robinson and the dispute about the Herschel telescope - Herschel and Babbage - Herschel's character (pp.5-8 missing) - Mrs Hawse, née Brunel - Brodie and the man who swallowed a guinea - Boswelling Sydney Smith on the Irish church - London conversation - Rogers and Macaulay - S. Smith's admiration for Herschel's Essay on Natural Philosophy - Mrs Somerville - Bushe - Maria Edgeworth and prudent reticence in old letters to Mrs Ruxton. pp. 5-8 of letter missing
Date
3 Dec 1843
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 half-sister Harriet (Butler)
To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street -…
