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zDDST - STRICKLAND-CONSTABLE FAMILY COLLECTION
1 - Personal papers
2 - Papers of Lady Jessica Sykes
1 - Correspondence
1 - Letters from Lord Dufferin (1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava) to Jessica Sykes and others
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Piece
Finding No
DDST/1/2/1/1/23
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1 piece
Title
Letter (partial and torn) to Jessica Sykes from [her brother Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck]
Date
nd
Description
Letter is torn into a number of pieces and therefore difficult to read. It is addressed to 'Dearest Jessie' and states 'I have not time to write you more than one line to tell you that I have interviewed the padre & madre on the subject of marriage and have been unable to obtain their consent. Mama resolutely sets her face against the affair under any circumstances, Papa says he will give his consent only on the most unreasonable terms...'
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