Letter from Robert Stephenson to Samuel Smiles
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- 1847-1859
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- Correspondence from Robert Stephenson to Samuel Smiles
- maker:
- Stephenson, Robert
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Letter dated at 34 Gloucester Sq, 'Sunday'. Letter starts with 'Dear Smiles, I have just been…' and includes a mention of Mr Sanders.
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- 1 document
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- STESI/1/21
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34 Gloucester Sq
Sunday
Dear Smiles
I have just been looking thro' the batch of letters sent to me by Mr Jas. Sanders
Some of them are curious & interesting and thinking that some of them may interest you I forward them for your perusal There is a bundle of James's which characterise this man very clearly as a ready dashing writer
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but no thinker on the practical part of the subject he had taken up _ It was the same with every thing he touched. He never succeeded in any thing & yet possessed a great deal of talking talent. His fluency of conversation I never heard equalled & so you would judge from his letters.
Yours faithfully
Robt Stephenson
S Smiles Esq