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Miscellaneous papers of Mary Rebecca Hobson.
1/1-2 Pencil sketches of Grove Villa, Clevedon, home of Jane Wills, a friend of Mary Rebecca and Benjamin Hobson. (Letters from Jane Wills are included in MSS. 5839 and 5846.)
2/1-3 Bills to [Mary Rebecca] Hobson from F. J. Stockwell, stationer, book and music seller, of Forest Hill, for stationary and books.
 1 May 1876. Payment received 3 May 1876
 1 June 1876. Payment received 1 June 1876
 1 July 1876. Payment received 11 July 1876
3/1-3 Papers concerning the carriage of five boxes by the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company, possibly belonging to John Morrison Hobson whilst a student of medicine in Edinburgh
 Receipt for five items at Hermitage Steam Wharf, Wapping 25 Sept 1876 
 Receipt for one item by the Company in Leith, 16 Sept 1876
 Receipt for four items by the Company in Leith, 29 Sept 1876
4/1-2 Remembrance card for Mary Rebecca Hobson, who died at Croydon, 1 June 1902. The illustration is that of a vase on a flower bowl stand, which was subsequently kept by Archibald Hobson.

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