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Hawkey, Charlotte (1799-1891), writer
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Letter from Charlotte Hawkey to Lord Houghton
HOUG/D/C/3/5/1 · Item · 3 Apr. 1876
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton

Barr Cottage, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somersetshire. - Was granted £20 by the Royal Literary Fund four years ago; now approaching 77 and less able to support herself though still writing; lost £3000 fortune long ago through deaths of five brothers; brought up her orphaned nephew Joseph Hawkey who has just died in India; seeks Royal Literary Society support.