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Lord Granville

 

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Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother the Duke of Devonshire, 15 November 1811: 'Do you wish to see us tonight, G[eorgiana]. with a veil and shawl, near the fire, Mrs. Canning by her [...] Lady Harrowby in an arm-chair [...] Mr. Canning, Charles Ellis and my husband extended at their full length reading, and Lord Harrowby and Lord Morpeth [...] examining folios. Mr. Elliot and I are writing letters, his probably as wise as mine are foolish.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Granville      Print: Unknown

  

 : Moniteur

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Calais, 26 July 1815: 'I wish you could see them at breakfast: Hart [brother] with one leg making side steps for joy all the time [...] Granville poring over an old "Moniteur."'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Granville      Print: Newspaper

  

 : Fremdenbuch

Harriet, Countess Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 19 September 1842: 'Granville [husband] has found you out in the Fremdenbuch, and all our friends and relations by turns.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Granville      Print: Book

  

 : 'an old book of plays'

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 30 October 1844: 'There is Granville, as if he had been settled here a year, cracking his sides over an old book of plays he has found.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord Granville      Print: Book

 

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