sub-fonds 45 - Letters from Henry Babington Smith to his wife Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith, née Bruce

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Letters from Henry Babington Smith to his wife Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith, née Bruce

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  • 12 Aug 1895-24 Aug 1902 (Creation)

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166 docs; one dried flower; 5 press cuttings.

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Smith, Sir Henry Babington (1863-1923), knight, civil servant and financier
(1863-1923)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Several letters written before the Babington Smiths' marriage on 22 Sept 1898.

57: 12 Sept 1899, Grass-of-Parnassus flower enclosed.
90: 7-9 May 1900, enclosing 5 press cuttings (2 English, 2 French) on Henry Babington Smith's activities in Constantinople.
97, 99, 103: all May-June 1900, and largely in French.

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  • English
  • French

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