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To the Reverend William Parsons Warburton
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
25th February [1881]

MS Girton College Cambridge, Yonge VIII 3

My dear Mr Warburton

Our good Vicar sank suddenly last night, and died this morning.

Could you be so kind as to change the examination day-? Any day after next week, but it is so likely the funeral may be on Thursday and we all feel so full of consternation and grief that we do not know how to be ready, though we would be any time after the 4th

Yours sincerely
C M Yonge

1Warburton was the diocesan inspector of schools, and was evidently planning a visit to Otterbourne School. The Rev. Walter Elgie, Vicar of Otterbourne, died on Friday 25 February 1881. The 3 March was a Thursday.
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The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/2718/to-the-reverend-william-parsons-warburton-10

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