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Richd. How (Aspley) to Jacob Gilbert van der Smissen. Pious ideas about education...
Catalogue reference: HW/87/457
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This record is a file about the Richd. How (Aspley) to Jacob Gilbert van der Smissen. Pious ideas about education... dating from Sept 1792.
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HW/87/457
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Date (When the record was created)
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Sept 1792
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Description (What the record is about)
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Richd. How (Aspley) to Jacob Gilbert van der Smissen. Pious ideas about education : what he can offer at Aspley for the education of van der Smissen's sons "my eldest son continues with me (& there is no present prospect of his settling elsewhere.) If I live we may perhaps jointly in some measure answer the expectations of our friends with respect to the -English language, & I have a tolerable collection of French books which may be read with improvement, besides the opportunity of being instructed by the French master from the School in this village, which is in a very flourishing state" ... some authors on mercantile geography ... Spanish could only be learned in London, & residence in London would be morally very dangerous.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a5a02656-1a92-4f78-b8b6-5aed1a70756f/
Series information
HW/87
Letters & Papers of the How Family
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How White Papers
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Letters & Papers of the How Family
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Richd. How (Aspley) to Jacob Gilbert van der Smissen. Pious ideas about education...