the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood : [Letter]

'[Letter]

'Here is a very pleasant letter from Sally to you, which we thought it was a pity should go for nothing, and so we opened it, and so we read it.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Wedgwood      Manuscript: Letter

Elizabeth Wedgwood : [letters]

'I have been looking over some very old letters of hers [sister Elizabeth], and it is not a very cheeerful occupation...'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Emma Darwin      Manuscript: Letter

Elizabeth Wedgwood : [letters]

'I have been reading such old letters of my mother's, about going to school; it is like looking into a forgotten picture of myself.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Emma Darwin      Manuscript: Letter

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