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HM to A. Kennicott, probably 1783 January or April 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 86
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: probably 1783 January or April 26

Language of Material

From the Item:

English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Item: 3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Physical Description

6 pages, signed H. More. Letter inscribed with two dates, January 26, as well as "April," which is crossed out. Reference to Sir William Jones' marriage suggest April is the correct date.

Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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