Letters, 1838-1854, Reading, England.

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Letters, 1838-1854, Reading, England.

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[1] n.d., to Mrs. Dickinson, Reading, England [2 p.].--Sends some advice about a cow; says she enjoyed the visit to her home and invites a return visit. [2] 1838, to D[on] Boyne [pseud.] [3 p.].--Discusses business connected with the publication of [Finden's Tableaux] and its contributors. She praises especially the work of Elizabeth Barrett, John Kenyon, Bryan W. Procter, and John Chorley. [3] 1847, February 1, to W[illiam] C[ox] Bennett, London [2 p. with envelope. Fragment]--Discusses a forthcoming edition of Our Village. [4] 1848, April 12, to W. C. Bennett [2 p. with envelope].--Thanks him for obtaining some books for her. Comments on his last poem. [5] 1849, August 16, to W. C. Bennett [2 p. with envelope].--Discusses the liberal ideas of William Godwin and Lord Nugent. Says that her cause is the extension of education. [6] 1850, March 21, to W. C. Bennett [2 p. with envelope].--Discusses the books he sent her and some others. [7] 1852, February 27, to W. C. Bennett [4 p. with envelope].--Suggests that he is the author of the poem "Verdicts." Discusses poetry and mutual friends. [8] 1854, May 25, to W. C. Bennett [2 p.]. Invites him to her home to meet some friends.

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Boyne, Don, pseud.,

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Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855

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Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850

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Kenyon, John, 1784-1856

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John Kenyon (1784-1856), was a British poet and philanthropist. Other important addressees in the collection are: Robert Johnston Barton (d. 1879), was a British Captain in the Coldstream Guards, killed in action in Zululand in 1879; James Booth (1796-1880), was a British Barrister and Secretary of the Board of Trade, and his wife, Jane Noble Booth (d. 1872); Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), was a British politician; Henry Bellenden Ker (1785?-1871), British legal reformer. From the...

Dickinson, Mrs.

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