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MSPB/117
Title
Letter from Lucy Madox Rossetti to A. J. Munby
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- 9 Sept. 1891 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet, 1 env.
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Gift of A. J. Munby, 2 May 1910.
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Edmondsham House, Bournemouth. Has received a letter from Munby in which he questions whether Mrs Shelley was in fact married, and argues her point that the Shelleys were married, saying the point is important because she is "a believer in marriage." Mentions that she was under no obligation to the family but found Mary Shelley a fascinating figure.
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Laid in an envelope pasted on to the back endpaper of Munby’s copy of Lucy Madox Rossetti’s Mrs. Shelley (London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1890), shelfmark Munby.d.359.