Three letters from Louise Swanton Belloc to Adelaide de Montgolfier, 1823
Scope and Contents
This section contains chiefly correspondence between Louise Swanton Belloc and her close friend Adelaide de Montgolfier. Letters between Adelaide and other correspondents, which were presumably acquired by Louise after Adelaide's death, are also included here. The section is arranged broadly chronologically and includes a substantial cache of letters written to Louise by Adelaide from Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the Siege of Paris.
Dates
- Creation: 1823
Creator
- From the Fonds: Belloc, Elizabeth Rayner, 1829 - 1925 (nee Parkes, campaigner for women's rights and journalist) (Person)
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
French
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Extracted from a miscellaneous file inscribed ‘French family: some of the letters used by Marie Belloc Lowndes for Arcadia’.
Date information
DateText: All 1820s but postmark discernible for only one of the three letters.
Originator(s)
Belloc, Louise Swanton
Finding aid date
2014-04-29 12:11:53+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
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