AKE
's father, Edward Jeremiah Curteis
, was a landowner, a classical scholar, a member of parliament, and a writer. He was the MP for Sussex during the 1820s, and wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine...
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Anne Katharine Elwood
She dedicated this two-volume work to her father, Edward Jeremiah Curteis
. While AKE
claims her observations were originally kept as a journal, the published form is that of letters addressed to her sister.