Folder 2

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes correspondence, two portraits of Sydney Smith and a sonnet, Sonnet to a Friend. The letters are handwritten and most are signed. The bulk of the letters are from Sydney Smith to Francis Wrangham, both Church of England clergymen. Subjects covered in their correspondence include comments on sermons, writings and political topics, namely the Catholic Emancipation Bill which eventually passed in 1829, enabling Catholics to sit in the British...