sub-fonds 11 - Diaries of Henry Babington Smith and Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce, afterwards Babington Smith

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Diaries of Henry Babington Smith and Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce, afterwards Babington Smith

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  • 1881-1903 (Creation)

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16 docs

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Smith, Sir Henry Babington (1863-1923), knight, civil servant and financier
(1863-1923)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Diary of visits to Scotland by Henry Babington Smith, 1881-1882, with sketches and notes; further diaries for the years 1882-1894.

Indian Diaries of Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce in three volumes: 1894; 1895-1896; 1897-1898. Edited extracts from letters to Lady Louisa Elisabeth Bruce; typescript, with key to characters and some reproduced drawings. Further diaries kept by Lady Elisabeth in 1902 and 1903.

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