HM to Macaulay, Selina, -1831, 1819 October 23

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 90

Identifier: Series 1.

Staff Only

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: 1819 October 23

Language of Material

From the Item:

English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Item: 3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Additional Description

Physical Description

3 pages, in black border. Franked. Signed H. More. Listed in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 57, as "1819. 23 October- franked in black border. To: [Mrs Walmsley]." However, the letter is addressed to "Mrs. Macaulay" in HM's handwriting.