Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Modern has recently acquired the Report of the Proceedings in the Cause of Mary Alice Orford, versus Thomas Butler Cole, Esq. for a breach of promise of marriage…, published in 1818 following the trial on March 30th of that year.
This sensational case was, according to The Times, “the subject of general conversation throughout the country [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Winifred Coombe Tennant (1874-1956) was a Welsh writer, politician, suffragette, and patron of the arts. While her work to promote Welsh art, history, and culture are well known–and is extensively documented in her papers at the National Library of Wales–a group of papers bequeathed by Mrs. Coombe Tennant to the Houghton Library sheds [...]
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