She came from an ancient, noble, Roman Catholic
family, who were English with some claim to be Welsh. Sheffield Grace
, who wrote comments on her famous letter in 1827, ascribed her qualities to her...
Literary responses
Winifred Maxwell Countess of Nithsdale
Sheffield Grace
in 1827 read the letter as illustrative of that self-devotion which women often evince when called upon to act in the cause of their husbands or their children.
Nithsdale, Winifred Maxwell, Countess of, and Sheffield Grace. A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale. J. Rider, 1827.
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Publishing
Winifred Maxwell Countess of Nithsdale
A new edition was privately printed at London in 1827 as A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale . . . Containing a Circumstantial Account of the Escape of her Husband . . . ...
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Nithsdale, Winifred Maxwell, Countess of, and Sheffield Grace. A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale. J. Rider, 1827.