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Manuscript notebook entitled "Private Memorials of Helen Late Mrs Stewart of Physgill", by Catherine Sinclair, 1845, 1863 (enclosed letter), 1946 (newspaper clippings)
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0023
Scope and Contents
This is a small manuscript notebook with a metal clasp, written by Scottish novelist Catherine Sinclair in 1845. It relates the last moments of her sister Helen, as indiciated on the title page: "Private Memorials of Helen Late Mrs Stewart of Physgill - Written for her children at the request of Mary Stewart by her Sister Catherine Sinclair".The notebook opens with the following words from Catherine Sinclair: "Having attended my sister Helen through the last two months of her...
Dates:
1845; 1863 (enclosed letter); 1946 (newspaper clippings)