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Add. MS c/56/87-87b
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Two letters and a postcard from James G. Frazer to Henry Jackson
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- 1886-1887 (Creation)
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Trinity College, Cambridge - Three letters (dated 31 May and 3 June 1886 and 20 Apr. 1887) about the Scottish girls' game of hop-scotch, known as 'Peever' or 'Pal lal', with drawings of 'beds'. The letter of 20 Apr. encloses a letter sent to James's sister Christina from Eleanor Caw Jr [?] containing a 'count', and sending Christmas greetings.
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Letters of 31 May and 3 June 1886 published in Ackerman, Robert, ed. 'Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2005]. Ackerman assigns a date of 31 May 1886? to the letter of 3 June.