Lady Caroline Lane Reynolds Slemmer Jebb Papers 1858-1960 1858-1926

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Lady Caroline Lane Reynolds Slemmer Jebb Papers 1858-1960 1858-1926

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Intellectual and socialite. The majority of the collection is correspondence, primarily letters written from England by Lady Jebb's, to her family. The letters describe late 19th century England and many literary figures with whom Lady Jebb socialized, including Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Disraeli, George Eliot, Charles Hale, Oliver Wendell Homes, James Russell Lowell, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ellen Terry, Mark Twain, and William Thackeray. Also included are brief diary entries, articles, and a copy of the published book, , by Mary Reed Bobbitt, Lady Jebb's great-great-niece, containing portions of these letters. With Dearest Love to All

2 boxes; (1.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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Jebb, R. C. (Richard Claverhouse), 1841-1905

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English classical scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to W.A. Knight, 1891 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864344 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to W.A. Knight, 1896 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864373 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Glasgow University, to W.A. Knight, 1888 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864309 From the description of Autograp...

Jebb, Caroline, 1840-1930

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First page of letter to "Mary" written from Albemarle Club, 1885 Caroline Lane Reynolds was born in 1840 in Evansburg, Pennsylvania. She was married in 1856 to U.S. Army Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer and the couple lived at military outposts in South Carolina, Florida, and Wyoming Territory. After his death in 1868 she lived briefly in Cambridge, England, and was visiting Paris at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. In 1874 she married British Classicist Richard Clave...