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STANFORD, Jennie, 3 Feb. 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10286/1/67

Scope and Contents

Single letter from Jennie Stanford to Ida Darwin dated 3 February 1892 in which she thanks Ida for her sympathy and offers her own thoughts concerning the difficulties surrounding a proposed marriage between Francis Jenkinson and Mildred Wetton, the sister of his late wife Marian Wetton. Marriage between a man and his dead wife's sister was then forbidden until the passing of The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act in 1907.

Dates

  • Creation: 3 Feb. 1892

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Extent

1 item(s) (1 letter)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

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