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Letter from Frederick Greenwood, Oxford, to Kate Greenwood, 1879 October 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447385
Accession number
MA 14549.39
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
Oxford, England, 1879 October 9
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from: Randolph Hotel Oxford.
Dated "Thursday evening"; date of writing recorded by by former owner as October 10, 1879; however, October 10 fell on a Friday of that year, suggesting October 9 as a probable date of writing.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Inscriptions/Markings
With date and other marks and annotations inscribed in pencil by former owner J.W. Robertson Scott.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of J.W. Robertson Scott; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning his son Edgar's admission as a freshman to Oxford and his freshman orientation, and remarking that he should become more "self reliant" than he has been so far.