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Scott, Rome to Baroness Grantham, Whitehall, London She has not received the letters she sent to Milan, and cannot remember if she has written to her since then. They arrived in Rome on 8 November, after leaving Florence. They had problems hiring Post horses on the journey, and says they, "once got a fright having 4 mules to our Coach driven by one post Boy riding the Wheel mule when the first chose to turn short down to a Mill where they usually lived and very near overturned us". The weather is cold, and they have the extravagance of 3 fire places in their rooms, which are clean and well furnished. She is sorry they did not travel to Nice for the better climate. She is impressed with the architectural improvements made in Rome, by the Pope Pius VII and his successors, since her previous visit 11 years ago. There are a number of English people there, including Lady Sandwich, Lord and Lady Northampton, and Mrs Markham Chapman, and her two daughters. Also mentions an excellent English chapel, which holds 300 people.

22 Nov 1829

From: 1829 To: 1829

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Lucas,
Grantham, Mary Jemima, Baroness,
Scott, Harriet,
Pius VII, Pope,
Montagu, Mary Anne Julia Louisa Harriet,
Lowry-Corry, Mary Anne Julia Louisa Harriet,
Northampton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 3rd Marquess of,
Clephane, Margaret,
Compton, Margaret,
Chapman, Markham,
Chapman

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