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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E4/128
TitleLetter from Mrs. Renner to Mrs. Pratt: 21 June 1815: Bashia
Extent1 doc.
Date1815
DescriptionGives an account of the Bashia fire and of the deaths at S. L. of the Hartwigs, Mrs. Butscher and Macmillan. She is struggling along with the school but does not find the children teachable. Mrs. Klein holds it barbarous to flog children, but she (Mrs. Renner) cannot manage without it. The girls hate needlework but she enforces it, determined they shall not be idle.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionE4: The numbers are archivist's numbers throughout, there being no original numbers.

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