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Letters from eminent people to Mary, Woronzow Greig and others

Dep. b. 206b

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Title

Letters from eminent people to Mary, Woronzow Greig and others

Shelfmark

Dep. b. 206b

Summary

(formerly part of Dep. b. 206)

Comprises:

Folder MS2-CELE-8: letters received by Mary, Woronzow Greig and others, 1820-1870, from correspondents including

M[ichael] Faraday, to [Ada], Countess of Lovelace, thanking her for the gift of a portrait, 11 Jun 1840

M[ichael] Faraday, to Mary, responding to the receipt of a copy of one of her publications and referring to his work and to the publication of a volume of his papers, 17 Jan 1859

J.F.W. Herschel, to [Woronzow Greig], thanking him for gifts of a Daguerrotype of his mother, and a glossary of architecture, 6 Aug 1846; commenting on a draft of a geography book [ Physical Geography], 24 May and 25 Jun 1947

J.F.W. Herschel, to Mary, enclosing his comments on her work, [ Physical Geography], [5 Jul 1847]

J.F.W. Herschel, to [Woronzow Greig], regarding the return of the manuscript of [ Physical Geography] to Mary, with further comments about the work, [5 Jul 1847]

W[illiam] Holman Hunt, to Agnes Greig, regarding the death of her brother, 31 Jan 1870

R[ichard] N[apier], to Woronzow Greig, regarding slavery and its abolition in the context of the American Civil War, 2 Jul 1862

R.M. Martin, on behalf of the Duke of Wellington, to Woronzow Greig, regarding a pony bought by the Duke from Greig, [15] Mar 1864

Other correspondents: J[oanna] Baillie, to Woronzow Greig, [Louise] de Stolberg, [Countess of] Albany, to Federica Spada

Date

1820-1870

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (1 folder)

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Mary Somerville Collection

'Letters from Celebrated People'

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