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- 30 Nov. [1858?] (Creation)
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The Knoll. - Sending papers [no longer present] on behalf of her aunt Harriet, who cannot intervene with Government on behalf of John Saunders owing to previous refusal of a pension; will Milnes forward the papers and destroy letter to her aunt. Harriet Martineau's feeble health.
Enclosed: letter from Katherine Saunders to Harriet Martineau, [Nov. 1858?]. St. Mary's Grove, Richmond. - Financial struggles of her husband, who has been deprived of work on the Railway Guide; could Martineau induce Bulwer Lytton or Milnes to approach Lord Derby? Her husband gave a successful lecture at Leeds but was too exhausted to appear at Manchester; his play has been his only consolation amid many disappointments. Encloses copy [no longer present] of letter sent to Derby through Bulwer Lytton. (2 ff.)
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- Martineau, Maria (1827-1864), niece and companion of Harriet Martineau (Subject)
- Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876), writer and journalist (Subject)
- Saunders, John (1811-1895), writer, editor and novelist (Subject)
- Saunders, Katherine (d 1887), née Nettleship, wife of John Saunders (Subject)
- Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer- (1803-1873), 1st Baron Lytton, writer and politician (Subject)
- Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (1799–1869) 14th earl of Derby, prime minister (Subject)