Claire Clairmont to Mary Shelley
MS. Abinger c. 48, fols. 119-20
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Claire Clairmont to Mary Shelley
Shelfmark
MS. Abinger c. 48, fols. 119-20
Summary
Original, signed.
Concerning Mary's premonition of death; Mary's recovery from typhus; Claire's friendship with the Bocella; description of a portrait of Trelawny, and a description of his daugher Zella; news of the Mason family; et al.
Mentions [Everina Wollstonecraft]; [Jane] Bocella; [Edward] Trelawny; Zella [Trelawny]; Julia Burley; [Margaret] Mason; Laurette [Laura Galloni]; Nerina [Tighe]; [Daniel] Gaskell; [Mary] Gaskell; Percy [Florence Shelley]; [Augusta] Leigh; [Mary Jane Godwin]; [William] Godwin; [Henry] Bennet; Lord [?Charles] Grey
Incipit: What a letter is the one I have...
Date
15 Sept. 1833
Language
English
Physical extent
2 Leaves
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Collection contents
Mary Shelley, correspondence and papers
Original correspondence
Claire Clairmont to Mary Shelley
