JB
's brother, Matthew
, who was one year her elder, had some effect on the course of her life. When he inherited a London house from an uncle (in Windmill Street), he invited...
Health
Cassandra Cooke
CC
was ill with a cold and fever in March 1802. Another illness, of 25-30 January 1809, was reckoned to be dangerous, but she recovered from it. In March 1819 she consulted Dr Matthew Baillie
Health
Elizabeth Smith
Nevertheless she walked the two miles home and told no-one. Next day, which was again very hot, she worked vigorously raking in the hayfield, hoping this would make her better. It did not, and a...
Residence
Joanna Baillie
JB
and her mother
and sister
moved to London to join her brother Matthew
.
Baillie, Joanna. “Introduction”. The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851, edited by Jennifer Breen, Manchester University Press, 1999, pp. 1-25.
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Baillie, Joanna. “Editorial Materials”. The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie, edited by Judith Bailey Slagle, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999, pp. ix - xiv, 1.
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Wealth and Poverty
Anne Hunter
John Hunter
had severed relations with his brother William
, his eminent medical colleague and former patron, when the latter died on 15 March 1783. William left a controlling share of the family estate of...