| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 389/ECC/3/1 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 389/3745; EUL MS 389/3925 |
| Date | early 19th century |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Title | Letters to nuns [1824-1836] |
| Creator Name | Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine |
| Description | Four early 19th-century manuscript transcripts of letters. They are entitled:
- 'A Copy of a Letter addressed by the Lady Abbess of the English Nunnery in Lisbon to the Rev Thomas Hurst respecting the late Sister Agnes Carter a Lay-Sister of the said Nunnery' (letter dated 1824);
- 'Extract of a letter addressed to a Nun in her noviceship', beginning 'Lisbon. 1827. Dear Sister Mary Magdalen...';
- ''Extract of a Letter written to a Nun. Oct-1835' (in a notebook accompanied by a 'birthday list' and a biography of Winifred Hill');
- and 'Extract of a letter addressed to a Nun December 1836'. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |