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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)HMLAdd/44
TitleLetter from Harriet Martineau to Mr Bartholomew
Extent1 item
Date1862
DescriptionLetter written from Ambleside, dated 16 September, offering her, and Mr Atkinson's, condolences on his recent bereavement, and noting other recent deaths, specifically of two American ladies by the name of Follens who Bartholomew had met during his last visit. Reference to 'Charles - the laughing boy', who is now a 'Superintendent of Negroes' in North Carolina helping train former slaves in freedom.
NotesTrigger warning. Historical use of word 'negroes' in the letter when referring to Black people.
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