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Letters from Reverend Whitwell Elwin to Richard Ford

1855

Title

Letters from Reverend Whitwell Elwin to Richard Ford

Date

1855

Archive reference number

NGA48/2/1/17

Description

30 Oct 1855, regarding a tribute Ford is to write, at the suggestion of Mary Ford, on the recently deceased Sir William Molesworth [brother of Mary Ford] planned for publication in the Quarterly Review and 8 Nov 1855, requesting Ford suspends plans to write article mentioned in previous letter as the Quarterly Review would not publish such a piece due to the political beliefs of Sir William Molesworth.

Includes a fragment of frontispiece of 'The Works of Alexander Pope' by Rev. Whitwell Elwin; overleaf a printed engraving of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Record type

Item

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