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Letter to Emily Davies, 1864 - 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCRF 9/1/31

Scope and Contents

Letter assuring ED that he is not an enemy of women but has doubts about their success in business 'as capitalists', 1864. Includes a letter from the donor,1990, with an annotated photocopy of the Bagehot letter which sent a few years before the original.

Dates

  • Creation: 1864 - 1990

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Jane Wynne Willson who found the letter among the papers of Margaret Llewelyn Davies. The letter was sent with the Emily Davies chest of drawers, October 1997. Jane Wynne Willson (Calvert 1952) is a great-great-niece of Emily Davies.

Date information

DateText: The day and month are illegible.

Originator(s)

Bagehot, Walter

Finding aid date

2003-05-23 09:27:34+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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