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GCPP Parkes 5/137

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Letter from Bessie Parkes to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, addressed from La Celle, 1874-08-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 5/137
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Bessie comments on the life and autobiography of John Stuart Mill. She says politics here [in France] are no good and she can’t see a new order appearing. She has written to M[ary] M[erryweather] to encourage her to leave Liverpool for work in London. One page, together with two typescript pages comprising a transcript of most of this letter and also of most of GCPP Parkes 137a.

Dates: 1874-08-31
Conditions Governing Access: The letter is fragile and is stored in a polyester envelope for protection.