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Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 to Thomas Pringle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.198 Author/Creator: Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 Place Written: Three Mile Cross, Berkshire, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 24, 1834 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Reports travel difficulties from an exciting trip to London. Notes, "if I had staid a week longer I should have been brought back in my coffin." Has been able to write since her return. Mounted (possibly glued) to a single piece of thick, gray paper.

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855
Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834

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