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...
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 . . . ...
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.
Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale, and Sheffield Grace. A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale. J. Rider.
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Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale, and Sheffield Grace. A Letter from the Countess of Nithsdale. J. Rider, 1827.