EE
wrote two dedications to this work: one to her aunt Matilda Elstob
, which stands at the head of the volume, and one to her friend Mary Randolph
, which comes after the essay...
Friends, Associates
Elizabeth Elstob
An early friendship that EE
regarded as important was that with Mary Randolph
of Canterbury. Randolph was in the unusual position of having a mother (who apparently shared the same name) who was very...