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Letter (three sheets) and franked envelope from Frederica at Acton Scott to Richard quotes Longfellow’s ‘The Bridge’; gives idealised view of what their life together would be.

2 and 3 July 1861.

From: 1861 To: 1861

last winter ‘disgusted for being clever’ missed so many opportunities to do good “I thought nobody could care much for a clever, strong-minded woman, who always was counting every second, and for ever thinking of all she had to do” family looked to her to keep the house jolly and lively. dog and cat unwrapped

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Orlebar, Frederica St.John,
Orlebar, Richard

poetry, Shropshire Acton Scott