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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 28 Sep. 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/21
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Their rate-assessment officer knows Italy well; a polite interior decorator; Dent's letters have consoled them 'for missing Italy this year', incomplete

Dates: 28 Sep. 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 7 Oct. 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/22
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A visit to Sandwich; travelling arrangements from London to Canterbury - hopes Dent will visit them; 'We are absorbed in Gardening.'

Dates: 7 Oct. 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 27 Jan. 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/23
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Dent's Italian travels; 'We like Canterbury better and better.'; 'Dr [Edward] Moore gave us four lectures on the Paradiso of Dante.'; news from Venice

Dates: 27 Jan. 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 10 May 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/24
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Acknowledgement of Dent's condolences on death of her husband

Dates: 10 May 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 11 Oct. 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/28
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Her further travels with Miss Fellowes

Dates: 11 Oct. 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 20 June 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/29
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Has spent a fortnight abroad with Miss Fellowes; twelfth-century shrines at Cologne; uncertain whether to go to Italy this year

Dates: 20 June 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 3 July 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/30
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Dent is now exploring parts of Italy unknown to her; hopes to visit an exhibition in Bruges of 'the treasures of the order of the 'Golden Fleece', which would amuse my mediaeval mind very much'; has decided not to travel to Italy, but to 'grow old gracefully'

Dates: 3 July 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 22 July 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/31
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Comments on Dent's travels around Orvieto, Perugia, Spoleto; her old Venetian servant is very ill; will travel round England this year

Dates: 22 July 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 14 Oct. 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/35
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Appreciates the list 'of old [German] towns thought worthy of dessert-plates'; encloses a list of some Cistercian churches in Italy (35a); a Disraeli anecdote

Dates: 14 Oct. 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 25 Oct. 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/36
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Is troubled by 'tiresome' mail; a fable about a pair of shoes; 'I think Parker's Piece a very nice position, and hope the Reverend Negus will not give you too much to do.'

Dates: 25 Oct. 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 17 Feb. 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/37
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Enjoys Dent's walks as much as he does; encloses a list of books; Cistercian architecture; has contributed to a fund after the fire at Comacchio

Dates: 17 Feb. 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 9 Mar. 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/39
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Thanks Dent for his hospitality

Dates: 9 Mar. 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 9 Apr. 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/40
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Memories conjured by Dent's latest account of Italy; he has confirmed her prejudice against Naples; an exorcism carried out on the young Lord Alwyne Compton; Rimington's drawings

Dates: 9 Apr. 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 16 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/42
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Dent's discovery of an opera by ?Gardigiani; recollections of Louis Napoleon

Dates: 16 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 20 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/43
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'I used to delight in Brown Jones and Robinson, but have not seen it for years.'. Postcard

Dates: 20 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 9 Oct. 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/49
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A misdirected letter, card

Dates: 9 Oct. 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 22 Oct. 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/50
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A new organist; a statue to Gentile

Dates: 22 Oct. 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 20 Apr. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/51
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Spring weather; visit to a foggy London; the new organist's noisy performances

Dates: 20 Apr. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 9 June 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/53
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Dent's travels in Germany and Austria; the Esterhazys; her travels; the organ at King's College; a party in All Souls Library, which is now lit with electric light

Dates: 9 June 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 26 Aug. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/54
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A meeting in Canterbury with Dr Allen; her travels; the cost of a royal visit to Birmingham; is planning an expedition to south-western France; Dr Budge of the British Museum and his tales of mummies

Dates: 26 Aug. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 4 Sep. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/55
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Dent's travels; the evils of motor-tours; Dr Waldstein's marriage; a confusion of 'lodger' for 'loggia'; Miss Fellowes and she have finalised plans for their expedition to Toulouse

Dates: 4 Sep. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 27 Sep. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/56
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Her tour of southern France: Toulouse, Albi, Carcassonne, Montauban, Cahors, Limoges, and Moissac

Dates: 27 Sep. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 29 Dec. 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/57
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Italian castles; thoughts on the evils resulting from the industrial revolution; another Egyptian tale from Dr Budge; new lighting in the cathedral; [John Willis] Clark's illness

Dates: 29 Dec. 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 29 Mar. 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/58
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Further Italian reminiscences

Dates: 29 Mar. 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Florence, Lady Alwyne Compton, Canterbury, 2 Apr. 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/App/59
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Further Italian reminiscences

Dates: 2 Apr. 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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