| Description | This letter was written to Elizabeth Taylor by Mary Taylor whilst she was staying with her sister Caroline Barrow in Birmingham. Mary Taylor writes about the death of one of Elizabeth's old friends, Jonathan Peckover. She also refers to a family occasion to celebrate their Quaker ancestry and Alfred Brown's lecture on Palestine. Mary Taylor recommends a book to Elizabeth and her brother Howard and adds that Elizabeth's uncle George Barrow had read one of Gladstone's speeches to the family. Mary Taylor concludes her letter with an account of 'the friends new library' built by the architect William Doubleday. She also recommends a 'workwoman' who made clothes to her daughter. |