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Add. MS a/80/163-237 · Item · 1824-1859, [18--]
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Part of Cordelia Whewell's collection of franks. The collection includes a letter from William Pickering to William Whewell dated 16 July 1834 with a frank from J. Kennedy (item 201), and three letters to Cordelia from Philip H. Howard, dated Dec. 1839 and 4 and 20 Jan. 1840 (items 195-197).

Add. MS a/301/2-3 · Item · 1841, [18--]
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Bound volume of extracts of William Whewell's letters to his family and perhaps his own diaries, dating from 1812-1839 with the bulk of the material dated 1812-1821. The extracts, which form a narrative of Whewell's activities for this period, are written in an unidentified hand and quote letters to his father John Whewell, aunt Alice Lyon, and sisters Elizabeth, Martha, and Ann Whewell. These extracts are continued by short summaries of Whewell's activities in the years from 1821 to 1839, possibly drawn from diaries, but not identified as such. Accompanied by a poem signed W. W., written on his engagement to Cordelia Marshall.

Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
Letter from John Herschel
Add. MS a/207/65 · Item · 10 June 1845
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Collingwood - John and Margaret are sorry to hear of the death of Cordelia Whewell's father [John Marshall]. She should stay with Charlotte Jones [wife of Richard Jones] during the BAAS meeting at Cambridge.