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Add MS 71115
- Record Id:
- 032-001965045
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001965045
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000241
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 71115
- Title:
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WOMEN WRITERS: collection of letters by women writers and educationalists, mostly referring to their current projects; [circa 1780?]-1833. Partly French. Purchased at Phillips's, 12 Nov. 1992, lot 158.
Paper; ff. 11. British Library arrangement.
1. ff. 1, 4. Letters from Hannah More to Lady Juliana Penn (née Fermor, daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and widow of Thomas Penn), and to one of her daughters; [circa 1780?-1785].
2. ff. 2-3. Letter from Madame de Genlis to Lady Juliana Penn; 1783. French.
3. ff. 5-6. Letter from Sarah Trimmer to an unnamed female correspondent; 1806.
4. ff. 7-8v. Letter from Margaret Holford, afterw. Hodson, to Sarah Martha Holroyd (sister of the 1st Earl of Sheffield); 1813. Referring to Madame de Staël, Maria Edgeworth and Joanna Baillie.
5. f. 9. Note from Madame de Staël, dated 'Mercredi'; bef. 1817. French.
6. ff. 10-11v. Letter from Charlotte Elizabeth Phelan, née Browne, afterwards Tonna (pseudonym: 'Charlotte Elizabeth'), to an unnamed female correspondent; 1833.
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
- ff. 1, 4 Hannah More, author: Lady Juliana Penn, née Fermor; daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and wife of T Penn: Letters to Lady J. Penn and her daughter from Hannah More: [circa 1780?-1785].
- f. 2 Lady Juliana Penn, née Fermor; daughter of Thomas, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and wife of T Penn: Stéphanie Félicité Brulart de Genlis, Marchioness de Sillery: Letter to Lady Juliana Penn from Madame de Genlis: 1783: Fr.
- f. 5 Sarah Trimmer, née Kirby; author: Letter to — from Sarah Trimmer: 1806.
- f. 7 Margaret Holford, afterwards Hodson; author: Sarah Martha Holroyd, sister of 1st Earl of Sheffield: Letter to Sarah Martha Holroyd from Margaret Holford: 1813.
- f. 9 Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Note to — from Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein: bef. 1817: Fr.
- f. 10 Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, née Browne afterw. Phelan; alias 'Charlotte Elizabeth'; religious writer; d.1846: Letter to — from Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna: 1833.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001965045
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001965045
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1833
- Date Range:
- 1775-1833
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Genlis, Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, née du Crest, author, diarist and educationist, 1746-1830
Holford, Margaret, afterwards Hodson author
Holroyd, Sarah Martha, sister of 1st Earl of Sheffield
More, Hannah, author
Penn, Juliana, daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, 1729-1801
Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de, Baroness al Madame Staël
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth, née Browne afterwards Phelan al 'Charlotte Elizabeth', religious writer, d1846
Trimmer, Sarah, née Kirby author