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  • Letter from Bertha Thomas to William Allingham, February 12, 1876
    Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1876 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One letter from British novelist Bertha Thomas to William Allingham thanking Allingham for forwarding to her a letter from English poet, Mr. Alfred Austin. Thomas writes that Austin must have assumed that "B.T." was a man, and will learn that is not the case. Thomas writes that the Pope is doing perfectly fine, and that the weather in Rome is terrible. She hopes that Allingh...