Item 20 - Letter from the Countess of Stradbroke to Dawson Turner

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Letter from the Countess of Stradbroke to Dawson Turner

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  • 28 Oct. 1822 (Creation)

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Henham Hall.—Thanks him for some grouse, and expresses interest in hearing news of Dr and Mrs Hooker. The Larix repens is not worth sending to Scotland on its own.

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Henham Hall
Monday

Lady Stradbroke begs to offer her best thanks to Mr Dawson Turner for his present of Grouse—Lord & Lady Stradbroke will always feel much interested in the health & happiness of Dr & Mrs Hooker whose absence from their neighbourhood they regret extremely.—The Larix repens is not worth sending to Scotland unless accompanied by other Plants Mr Dawson Turner may wish to send there.—Lady Stradbroke requests to be kindly remembered to Mrs Dawson Turner—

[Superscription:] Dawson Turner Esq | Yarmouth | [At the head:] Dawson Turner Esq | Yarmouth [At the head:] Wangford Oct twenty | eighth | 1822 [At the foot:] Stradbroke

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      This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.

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