Autograph Letters of English women of eminence of the 18th and 19th centuries

Title

Autograph Letters of English women of eminence of the 18th and 19th centuries

Shelfmark

MS. Montagu d. 19

Summary

Autograph Letters of English women of eminence of the 18th and 19th centuries: chiefly collected by Walter Wilson, arranged generally in alphabetical order, with some engraved portraits. The chief items are:

Victoria, Queen, a signature, undated (fol. 4).

Austin, Sarah, undated (fol. 8).

Earbauld, Anna Letitia, undated (fol. 9).

At fol. 8 is a letter of John Britton, Dec. 19, 1854.

Byron, lady, i.e. Anne Isabella Noel Ryron, née Milbanke, two, June 5, 1824, etc. (fols. 17, 19). At fol. 20 is a letter from Augusta Ada Byron, the poet's daughter, undated.

Edgeworth, Maria, Oct. 1823 (fol. 69v).

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, Oct. 9, 1821 (fol. 84).

Jameson, Anna Brownell, undated (fol. 94).

Marlborough, duchess of, i.e. Sarah, née Jennings, June 26, 1718 (fol. 108).

Martineau, Harriet, part of letter, undated (fol. 109).

More, Hannah, eleven, 1779-1818 (fols. 118, 122).

Norton, hon. Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, undated (fol. 139).

Opie, Amelia, two, 1828, etc., with a poem (fol. 144).

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, July 18, 1785 (fol. 151).

Seward, Anna, undated (fol. 157).

Southcott, Joanna, signature (fol. 160).

Siddons, mrs. Sarah, undated (fol. 161).

Trimmer, mrs. Sarah, two, 1787, etc. (fol. 168).

Date

written in 1718-1824, etc.

Language

English

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

189 Leaves