Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Part 1
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast
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A Letter From a Socialite to a Man of Reason
She was very frank with him in her letters. She wasn't, as jane austen would have called it, miss ish. They continued to correspond in secret until a servant at her father's house intercepted a letter and took it to her father. Mary says, i was literally dying in bed. He sent her away saying, this has nothing to do with you. And papa's esteem dissipated.
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