To Margaret Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - Maria… | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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To Margaret Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - Maria…

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MS. Eng. lett. c. 718, fols. 138-143

Summary

To Margaret Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - Maria Edgeworth's health at 78 - her illness and Sir H. Marsh - Madame de Sévigné's Letters - Richard Butler - Journal of the Nemesis - war in China - Prescott's History of Mexico - Robertson's History of America - The Widow Barnaby in America - The Rose of Thiselton - (pp. 7-8 missing) - account of London visit - Sydney Smith - Faraday and his lectures for children - Joanna Baillie - Mrs Grant of Laggan's Letters - Edgeworthstown improvements - replacing books and correcting catalogue - Maria Edgeworth's project for Nora: not a page written for 9 months