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SMIH/91
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Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith: General Correspondence
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- 1899-1919 (Creation)
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237 letters, some enclosures
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Letters from 1899 include correspondence on the birth and death of Mary Babington Smith.
Letters from 1909 include condolences on the death of Lady Constance Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin.
Letters from 1917 include condolences on the death of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, and correspondence relating to the death of Hon. Alexander Bruce.
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- Smith, Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington (1877-1944), née Bruce, wife of Sir Henry Babington Smith (Subject)
- Bruce, Lady Constance Mary (1851-1909), wife of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (Subject)
- Bruce, Victor Alexander (1849-1917), 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India (Subject)
- Bruce, Alexander (1884-1917), District Commissioner of British East Africa (Subject)