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Ref NoMS 466/1/1/1/2/1/75
Finding NumberMS 466/123/34
TitleLetter from Elizabeth Taylor to John and Mary Jane Taylor
LevelItem
Date14 September 1873
DescriptionElizabeth refers to her dog Oliver Twist being photographed and notes that she was getting used to the idea of her sister Margaret (Pearlie) not being at school with her in Saxe-Meiningen. Margaret returned home from Germany to help her pregnant mother who gave birth to the girls' younger brother John Augustine in November 1873.

Elizabeth describes a tea party which she had been invited to on her return to school and comments on her first music lesson with Herr Hockstein which she had enjoyed.
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Related MaterialInformation on Margaret Taylor leaving Saxe-Meiningen taken from Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951' (London: Harrap, 1955), p. 25.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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