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[in another hand] K E S Wedgwood

July 14^th/ 89

My dear Frank

Bessy will like to have one or two of the originals of Uncle Charles' letters, & I said that you would kindly send us the copies instead. I am sending her

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N^os. 3, 18, 20, 21, so may I have those copies? I hope she will like those we send.

I don't know whether you have any thoughts of ever publishing extracts from the letters in any future edition of the Life, but I hope I may

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feel sure that it would be nothing personal or private between Uncle Charles & my mother. I hope you will not feel my saying this, impertinent or interfering. My mother always felt so very strongly against publishing letters, that I do feel most responsible about

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any of hers that have come, like these, under my care.

Bessy has been with us. I have heard from her from Down this morning. I am so sorry not to hear a better acct of Henrietta.

Please give my love to Ellen. It must be very amusing to have two cousins so near Frances' age, to compare progress.

Yrs affect^ly

K. E. S. Wedgwood