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Letter. Joseph Douglas Strutt (Florence) to Caroline Strutt (Derby). 16 Dec.

Catalogue reference: MS3101/C/E/2/1/2

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This record is about the Letter. Joseph Douglas Strutt (Florence) to Caroline Strutt (Derby). 16 Dec. dating from 1820.

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Reference

MS3101/C/E/2/1/2

Title

Letter. Joseph Douglas Strutt (Florence) to Caroline Strutt (Derby). 16 Dec.

Date

1820

Description

Gives details of presents he is sending home, including a song which he heard on the streets of Florence and had copied for her. Gives an account of his visit to a Lazaretto where he was nearly kept in quarantine, and the Jews Synagogue

Note

Old finding no: Galton 484

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Held by
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Language

English

Physical description

1 item

Physical condition

Large tear at edge of last page from broken seal; hole in last page

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/31d651b8-778b-4d51-85d4-bc1aa624cdb2/

Series information

MS3101/C

Correspondence

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Catalogue hierarchy

211,607 records
2,248 records

Within the fonds: MS3101

Galton Papers

659 records

Within the series: MS3101/C

Correspondence

476 records

Within the sub-series: MS3101/C/E

Letters to the Strutt family

280 records

Within the sub-sub-series: MS3101/C/E/5

Letters to Joseph Strutt

68 records

Within the file: MS3101/C/E/5/17

Letters from Joseph Douglas Strutt (his son)

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Letter. Joseph Douglas Strutt (Florence) to Caroline Strutt (Derby). 16 Dec.