This would probably be Mrs. Jane Field, née Carncroft, the wife of
Lamb's friend, Barron Field, who inspired the Elia essay on "Distant
Correspondents." Field held the Chief Justiceship of Gibraltar for some
years.
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Page 106. To M. L—— F——.
M.L. Field, the second daughter of Henry Field, and Barron Field's sister. This lady, who lived to a great age, gave Canon Ainger the copy of the prologue to "Richard II." written by Lamb for an amateur performance at her home.
Page 106. To Esther Field.
Another of Barron Field's sisters.
The text of these three poems has been corrected by the Thomas
Hutchinson's Oxford edition.
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Page 107. To Mrs. Williams.
See note above. In writing to Mrs. Williams on April 2, 1830, to tell of Emma Isola's safe journey after her illness, Lamb says:—"How I employed myself between Epping and Enfield the poor verses in the front of my paper may inform you, which you may please to christen an Acrostic in a Cross Road."