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Garrick, David, 1717-1779 to HM, 1774

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: Series 1.

Scope and Content

From the Item:

This collection contains letters written between Hannah More and a variety of correspondents, in addition to other manuscripts (including notebooks and poems) and visual materials. The collection also contains letters that are not addressed to Hannah More, including three letters from members of the Bluestocking Circle. Among the visual materials are engraved portraits of Hannah More and drawings of her home at Barley Wood.

Much of the descriptive information for this collection came from: Women, Morality and Advice Literature: Manuscripts and Rare Printed Works of Hannah More (1745-1833) and Her Circle from the Clark Library, Los Angeles, edited by Patricia Demers, Anne Mellor, and Janice Devereux. Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 2005.

Dates

  • Creation: 1774

Language of Material

From the Item:

English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Item: 3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Physical Description

1 page appointment card. Notation by HM reads, "1774 'twas the first!," referring to their first encounter. Originally mounted in Book of Fame (f MS.1996.005). Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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