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June 2d 1883

MS Princeton University, Parrish Collection

Dear Madam

A friend of my family, who- being a neighbour, I know better personally than by her handwriting is named Anna Georgina Macaulay, and always goes by the appellation Nina. She is apt to stay a good deal away from home and I concluded that the letter I received was from her. For I suppose I am right in believing that you wrote to ask me to review a book on Scripture evidences and that my answer will apply that I would try, if I could and if I had the book to mention it in a Conversation on Books.1

With many apologies for the error caused by the resemblance of name

Yours truly
C M Yonge

1Despite the detail given, neither CMY's correspondent nor the book can be identified with certainty.
Cite this letter


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/2773/to-an-unknown-woman-59

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