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Record Id:
032-002003350
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002003350
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 42726
Title:

LETTERS OF OR CONCERNING HARRIET MARTINEAU(1802-1876),author, addressed to George Jacob Holyoake, the rationalist; 1851-1877, n.d. Her own letters (thirteen) relate mainly to her activities as a writer. The writers of the other letters are her nieces Maria (f. 19) and Jane Martineau (f. 27) and Henry George Atkinson (ff. 29, 31); also included in the volume are an undated copy of one of Holyoake's replies (f. 15) and some newspaper cuttings about her, 1851 (?)-1877 (ff. 33-39). Part of one of the letters of Harriet Martineau (f. 24), dated 28 Dec. 1857, regarding her attitude to Mazzini, is printed by J. MacCabe in Life and Letters of George Jacob Holyoake, 1908, i, p. 289. Quotations from other letters are given in Brit. Mus. Quart., vii, 1932-1933, pp. 21-22, and cf. Vera Wheatley, The Life and Work of Harriet Martineau, 1957, P. 301, etc., and R. K. Webb, Harriet Martineau: A Radical Victorian, 1960. Paper; ff. 39. Large quarto. 1851-1877. Presented, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by Mrs E. Holyoake Marsh, daughter of G. J. Holyoake.

Scope & Content:

George Jacob Holyoake, reformer: Correspondence with H. Martineau: 1851-[1859?], n.d.

Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr.

includes:

  • ff. 1-18, 21-26 Harriet Martineau, writer and reformer: Correspondence with G. J. Holyoake: 1851-[1859?], n.d.
  • f. 19 Maria Martineau, niece of Harriet Martineau: Letter to G. J. Holyoake: circ. 1855-1858.
  • f. 27 Jane Martineau, niece of Harriet Martineau: Letter to G. J. Holyoake: 1871.
  • ff. 29, 31 Henry George Atkinson: Letters to G. J. Holyoake: 1877.
  • ff. 33-39b Harriet Martineau, writer and reformer: Newspaper cuttings conc.: [1851?]-1877.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002003350
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002003350
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1851
End Date:
1877
Date Range:
1851-1877
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Mrs Emilie Holyoake Marsh, daughter of G J Holyoake: Presented: in 1932.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Atkinson, Henry George
Holyoake, George Jacob, freethinker and co-operator, 1817-1906
Marsh, Emilie Holyoake, Mrs; daughter of G J Holyoake
Martineau, Harriet, writer and reformer
Martineau, Jane, niece of Harriet Martineau
Martineau, Maria, niece of Harriet Martineau
Places:
Brenzett, Kent