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[c. 21 October 1839]

MS location unknown. This fragment printed by Coleridge, Life, 140.

[To Anne] The bride1 looked very well and very pretty in a white châlet gown with silk stripes, a tippet the same as the gown, and a white silk bonnet and veil . . . I must say this wedding really seemed the wedding of children of the church, for we all went to the daily service at the usual time, then the Communion service was read as far as the Nicene Creed, then they were married, the children went out and the Sacrament was administered. Mr. Keble read the morning service and married them, and Mr. Thomas Keble read the Commandments. I assure you all this greatly took off from the mere feeling of rejoicing and merriment at a marriage.

1Caroline Coxwell, the Kebles' adopted daughter, married Keble's curate the Rev. Peter Young on 20 October 1839.
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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/2943/to-anne-yonge-11

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