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To Lady Sophia Matilda Palmer
Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester.
July 11th, 1883

MS Princeton University, Parrish Collection

My dear Lady Sophia1

Pray tell Sir Arthur Gordon that I shall be very grateful for his Christmas papers.2

We are preparing for a huge G F S festival at St Cross, and watching the clouds with alarm

Yours sincerely
C M Yonge

1Lady Sophia Palmer (1852-1915), was the daughter of Lord Selborne, who had been raised to an earldom on 29 December 1882.
2The Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon (1829-1912), created (1893) Lord Stanmore, moved in 1883 from being Governor-General of New Zealand to being Governor-General of Ceylon.

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/2775/to-lady-sophia-matilda-palmer1

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