Harriet Beaufort to Louisa Beaufort - health and…
MS. Eng. lett. c. 738, fols. 240-252
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Title
Harriet Beaufort to Louisa Beaufort - health and…
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 738, fols. 240-252
Summary
Harriet Beaufort to Louisa Beaufort - health and diet - rudeness of Harriet Edgeworth - Richard Butler and his fortune - Maria Edgeworth 'seldom spoke to me and still seldomer contrived to answer'- Maria Edgeworth's request for advice on Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth - unsuitable to include over indulgent letters to his children - Lovell Edgeworth going to Harrogate - Tales of the Hall (Crabbe) - Lord Donegal's irregular marriage - Lady Stafford and Lady E. Leveson Gower's marriage - Maria Edgeworth's attempt to defend Sutherland clearances - Latin at Lovell Edgeworth's school and her regret at not having gone on with Latin - Legend of Montrose - ? courtship of Honora Edgeworth by Tom Grove and Sophy Edgeworth by Barry Fox - Dialogue on Entomology (by Louisa Beaufort) - Dialogues on Botany (by Harriet Beaufort) - Marriage of Lord Carrington's daughter - character of young Edgeworths - invitation to Sneyd aunts to return to Edgeworthstown - Miss Carr - Miss Berry and the Hopes - the Assizes - Judge Moore and Judge Fletcher - Lord Donegal's marriage - death of Sir T. Fetherstone - candidates in county election - Mr Barry - anecdote of Judge Moore - Judge Fletcher and his carriage - (incomplete)
Date
22 Jul 1819
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
Edgeworth family correspondence
Correspondence of Frances, the 4th Mrs. Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Correspondence of Frances
Harriet Beaufort to Louisa Beaufort - health and…
