Item 171 - Letter from Henry Sidgwick to his mother

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Add. MS c/99/171

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Letter from Henry Sidgwick to his mother

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  • 2 Sep [1873] (Creation)

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Refers to her last letter, which he was glad to get. Reports that he is living 'uneventfully and somewhat lazily' in Cambridge, trying to write something for a book that he is working on. Hopes to go to Rugby about 22 September. Is glad to hear that Isabel 'is getting on; thinks 'Nevil' a very good name for the new baby [Isabel and William Sidgwick's son]. Asks her to tell him something about 'Arthur's young lady [Charlotte Sophia Wilson]'.

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