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Letters to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys (2), 1854, [1872] (the death of their father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys); his father-in law and former tutor William Cowper Johnson (3), 1866 (congratulations to Charles Francis Powys on his Cambridge success), [1872]; his prospective wife Mary Cowper Johnson (1), 1871 (Charles Francis Powys's transfer to Shirley and their forthcoming marriage); his maternal aunt Susanna Smith (3), [?1872], [1879] (congratulations on the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor (who died in 1893 aged 13)), [1885] (congratulations on attaining the living of Montacute); his maternal aunt Louisa J. Moilliet (1), 1883 (an offer of the living of Burton-le-Coggles, Lincolnshire, with a note in Charles Francis Powys's hand on the envelope stating that he declined the offer 'at Mother's advice'); and his [?] sister Philippa F[rances] E[milia] Shirley (3), 1891 (regarding Charles Francis Powys's mother Amelia Powys's memorial at Stalbridge) (with a note on the envelope in the hand of [Marian Powys], daughter of Charles Francis Powys), 1892, 1901.

Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from the following correspondents: 'Uncle Cowper Hamilton's father' (1), 1869; her father the Rev. William Cowper Johnson (3), [1872], 1879, 1888; her mother Marianne Cowper Johnson (2), 1879 and undated; her husband the Rev. Charles Francis Powys (1), [1879]; her mother-in-law Amelia Powys (1), [1879]; her daughter-in-law Dorothy Mary Powys, wife of Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys (1), 1905; and [?Norman], her old nurse at Yaxham (1), undated; together with a sheet of paper with a note on the letters [in Mary's daughter Marian Powys's hand]. There are notes by [Marian Powys] on ff. 4 verso, 7 verso and 22, and a note by Mary Cowper Powys on f. 14. The letters contain mostly family news, including the last illness and death of the Rev. Powys's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys. For the 'Mr Lake' referred to in the Rev. Powys's letter see 'Papers relating to Littleton Albert Powys'.