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  • The Synge Letters

    Bishop Edward Synge to His Daughter Alicia, Roscommon-Dublin, 1746-52

    by Edward Synge ...
    Edward Synge wrote 221 letters to Alicia, his daughter, betweeen May and October of 1746 to 1752. He was an adoring though not uncritical father, advising, gossiping and instructing her from his country estate. Synge was a wealthy man and Alicia a considerable heiress; his concern about her need to marry well and her motherless condition is a running, if tacit, theme of the letters.While writing ... Read more

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  • The Synge Letters

    Bishop Edward Synge to His Daughter Alicia, Roscommon-Dublin, 1746-52

    by Edward Synge ...
    Edward Synge wrote 221 letters to Alicia, his daughter, betweeen May and October of 1746 to 1752. He was an adoring though not uncritical father, advising, gossiping and instructing her from his country estate. Synge was a wealthy man and Alicia a considerable heiress; his concern about her need to marry well and her motherless condition is a running, if tacit, theme of the letters.While writing ... Read more

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