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L30/9/60/309
Title
Letter from Amabel Hume-Campbell to Jemima Yorke. Sent from Newby. Her plans. Expedition to Studley. Mr Pelham. Worsleys. "I have already heard enough about Canada to be glad I do not live in that charming country where a rattlesnake coils round your neck, a wolf trots after your chaise upon the highroad, and a drunken Indian stabs you with his knife." Richard now at Naples.
Date free text
1784
Production date
From: 1784 To: 1784
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Pelham,
Worsley,
Hume-Campbell, Amabel, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Yorke, Jemima
Keywords
personal correspondence, women's history, wolves, snakes, Newby Hall, Canada, Naples, Italy

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Wrest Park [Lucas] Archive
fonds | L
- Correspondence
  sub-fonds | L30
  1651-1913
  - Correspondence to Jemima, nee Campbell, (1722-1797), Marchioness Grey and Baroness Lucas (suc.1740),...
    series | L30/9
    c.1730-1800
    
    Correspondence to Jemima Yorke, nee Campbell from Amabel Hume-Campbell, Lady Polwarth (daughter), se...
    file | L30/9/60
    1772-1795
    Letter from Amabel Hume-Campbell to Jemima Yorke. Sent from Newby. Her plans. Expedition to Studley...
    item | L30/9/60/309
    1784