Item 1 - Letter from Mary Green to Lord Houghton

Identity area

Reference code

HOUG/D/D/39/1

Title

Letter from Mary Green to Lord Houghton

Date(s)

  • 4 Mar. 1876 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 letter (2ff), with enclosed press cutting.

Context area

Content and structure area

Scope and content

On embossed notepaper for Heath Old Hall, Wakefield. - Sends account of the 'Ruskin controversy' [criticism of Wakefield labour conditions in Ruskin's Fors Clavigera] from a local newspaper, as Houghton had expressed interest in the matter; hopes he willread more

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