L30/11/233/36

Letter from Anne Florence Robinson, Wrest Park, to Amabel, to Countess de Grey. Asks Lady de Grey to send 3 or 4 bibles for the poor from the Christian Knowledge Society. Mary and the writer have been arranging the books on the ante-library and ‘flatter ourselves that we have classified the books with the sagacity and experience of regular librarians.’ Details given.

21 Nov; No year [1831?]

From: 1831 To: 1831

Lord Sydney [John Robert Townshend] and Mr Vyner are staying. Lord Leitrim’s son Lord Clements [Robert Bermingham Clements, son of Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim] comes today. [Dating note: John Robert Townshend became Lord Sydney in 1831]

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Robinson, Anne Florence,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Robinson, Mary Gertrude,
Christian Knowledge Society,
Townshend, John Robert (1st Earl Sydney),
Vyner, Henry,
Clements, Robert Bermingham [Lord Clements],
Clements, Nathaniel [2nd Earl of Leitrim]

family correspondence, Bible, Christian Knowledge Society, private libraries