Series 47 - Box 47: Susan Darroch, née Parker

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Box 47: Susan Darroch, née Parker

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  • 1820-1834 (Creation)

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Letters from Susan Parker to her friend and future sister-in-law Mary Babington written before their marriages (1820-1825), with additions and enclosures as follows: note from Harriot Burchell to Mary and her sister Jean Babington; poem, 'Address to the Mummy at Belzoni's Exhibition' [by Horace Smith]; letter of Dec 1821 has a Wedgwood seal. Eight letters written after their marriages from Susan Darroch to Mary Parker, one with additional note from Susan's mother Margaret Parker, née Rainy, to Mary.

Numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 of Octanepsia, a magazine produced by the children of Susan and Duncan Darroch (Jun 1850-Jun 1851).

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