Janus: Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes

Girton/GCPP Parkes 6 contains:
6A	Letters from Sarah Atkinson to BRP
6B	Letters from Anna Jameson to BRP and others and associated material
6C	Letters from BRP to Kate Jeavons
6D	Letters from BRP to Anne (Nannie) and Isabella (Belle) Leigh Smith
6E	Letters from BRP to Mary Merryweather
6F	Letters from Mary Merryweather to BRP
6G	Letters from Lady Jane Shelley to BRP and associated material
6H	Letters from Julia Smith to BRP
6I	Correspondence between BRP and George Eliot and related items

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Personal Papers of Bessie Rayner Parkes

Title	Letters from BRP to Mary Merryweather
Reference	GCPP Parkes 6E
Creator	Parkes, Bessie Rayner
Covering Dates	1856–1877
Extent and Medium	37 items; paper

Content and context

GCPP Parkes 6/69-105.

Girton/GCPP Parkes 6E contains:

6/69

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Loch Lomond. Concerns George Eliot on the staff of the Westminster Review; BRP writing for Chambers [Daily News], the Illustrated Times and the Waverley Journal; BRP's wish to reprint Mary Wollstonecraft's 'The Rights of Woman'. Ms, 2pp, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments on same.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter, 2pp, with envelope; paper.

29 Aug. 1856

6/70

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather. Concerns BRP's visit to the birthplace of Dr Joseph Priestley. Ms, 1p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

29 Sep. 1856

6/71

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Algiers. Concerns the French women's movement; also BRP writing for Chambers [Daily News], the Illustrated Times, the Waverley Journal and The Reasoner. Ms, p 1, with two notes relating to same by Lady Iddesleigh and Mrs Crompton, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

11 Jan. 1857

6/72

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Algiers. Describes personal and physical characteristics of Barbara Bodichon; also BRP's plans to open a bookshop in London.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

26 Jan. 1857

6/73

BRP to Mary Merryweather, [Algiers]. Re Madame Luce; also The Waverley Journal - negotiations for The Power of a Periodical.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

1857

6/74

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Office. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

13 Jan. 1858

6/75

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather], Boscombe. Concerns Max [Matilda] Hays writing for the English Woman's Journal on the British soldier.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

13 Mar. 1858

6/76

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather], EWJ Office. Typescript fragment of a letter.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

2 July 1858

6/77

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather].
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

29 Aug. 1858

6/78

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather. Concerns MM's 'Missionary' to the English Woman's Journal plan. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

24 Dec. 1859

6/79

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Algiers. Concerns Asylum for Incurables; mentions the work of Ellen Barlee and Louisa Twining in the emigration movement. Ms, 1p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

10 Dec. 1860

6/80

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather], NAPSS Office. Concerns Isa Craig and sub-committee for emigration. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

18 July 1861

6/81

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather], EWJ Office. Concerns the marriage of Edward, Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

10 Mar. 1863

6/82

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Bentley. Expresses concern re the health of Adelaide Procter. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

31 July 1863

6/83

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, 17 Wimpole Street. Concerns BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell. Ms, p 1, with note in Mrs Crompton's hand re same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

21 Nov. 1863

6/84

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather]. Concerns BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell. Typescript fragment of a letter, 2pp.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

Nov. 1863

6/85

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Typescript fragment of a letter.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

8 July 1864

6/86

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns Ellen Cantello; also Emily Faithfull aspect of the Codrington v Codrington divorce case - doubt over the Queen's actions. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

30 Nov. 1864

6/87

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

9 Dec. 1864

6/88

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

2 Mar. 1865

6/89

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather]. Concerns Kenyon Blackwell, brother of Sam Blackwell; also BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell; BRP's divided nature re religion and love; reasons for converting to Roman Catholicism. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 4pp; paper.

June 1865

6/90

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns an evening party at Dr de Mussy's; also Jules Simon's lectures on the French working classes; describes first meeting with Lady Augusta Stanley. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, pp 3-4.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 4pp; paper.

1 July 1865

6/91

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns BRP breaking off her engagement to Sam Blackwell; BRP stays with the family of Thomas Hare. Typescript copy.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

Nov. 1865

6/92

BRP to Mary Merryweather, Rome. Concerns Charlotte Cushman giving private theatricals; Hatty Hosmer selling fawn in Ireland to Mr Guiness; the home and marriage of Gerardine Macpherson [niece of Anna Jameson]. Ms, 1p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

29 Mar. 1866

6/93

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Wimpole Street. Concerns difficulties encountered by Maria Rye in financing emigration. Ms, pp 1-2, with typescript copy of part of same, p 3.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 3pp; paper.

31 May 1866

6/94

BRP to Mary Merryweather, La Celle. Concerns BRP's marriage and family opposition to it; BRP writing for The Spectator; mentions Lily Ballot painting BRP's portrait; also re life of Anna Blackwell in Paris; destruction of The Chalet in the Franco-Prussian War; and a meeting of NAPSS [National Association for the Promotion of Social Science] in Bristol. Ms, 1p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

19 Oct. 1869

6/95

BRP to [Mary Merryweather], Isle of Wight. Concerns the Franco-Prussian War.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

5 Sep. 1870

6/96

BRP to [Mary Merryweather], London. Concerns the Franco-Prussian War.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

20 Dec. 1870

6/97

BRP to Mary Merryweather, La Celle. Concerns the death of Louis Belloc.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

24 Aug. 1872

6/98

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather]. Typescript copy of letter.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

4 Sep. 1874

6/99

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather]. Concerns the death of Elizabeth Parkes.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

1877

6/100

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather].
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

6/101

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather].
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

6/102

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather]. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same, p 2.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.

6/103

BRP to [Mary Merryweather]. Ms, 1p, with envelope inscribed with Lady Iddesleigh's comments.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 letter with envelope; paper.

6/104

[BRP] to [Mary Merryweather].
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item; paper.

6/105

[BRP] to Mary Merryweather, Tonbridge Wells. Concerns BRP's indecision about Sam Blackwell. Ms, p 1, with typescript copy of part of same.
Creator: Parkes, Bessie Rayner.
1 item, 2pp; paper.