BIB_ID
416372
Accession number
MA 14050.30
Creator
Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882, sender.
Display Date
Bury St. Edmunds, England, 1851 July 6.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Postmarked envelope with seal, addressed: F.W. Keppel Esq / Lexham Hall / Litcham / Norfolk.
Forms part of a collection of 49 letters and poems addressed by William Bodham Donne to his friend, Frederick Walpole Keppel, of Lexham Hall, Litcham, Norfolk (see MA 14050.1-49).
Forms part of a collection of 49 letters and poems addressed by William Bodham Donne to his friend, Frederick Walpole Keppel, of Lexham Hall, Litcham, Norfolk (see MA 14050.1-49).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing to tell him about a recent trip he took to Norwich, and remarking upon his disappointment at realizing that he was there the day after the local "constabulary combat" (in a local election) between "Postle & Oakes"; relating some remarks he has heard made by mutual acquaintances respecting Oakes's character, and mentioning an encounter with local lawyer and political agent Spanton.
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