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Amelia Opie manuscript material : 205 items, 1795-1853

Title: Amelia Opie manuscript material : 205 items 1795-1853

Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. The Amelia Opie manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include: a holograph story, "The Brithday," and a number of holograph poems. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1828-1845. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Inchbald, the writer and actress; James Montgomery, the hymn writer and poet; Jane Porter, the novelist; Robert Southey, the poet, and over thirty others. The artwork consists of over one hundred thirty pencil portraits of friends and relatives, most of whom remain unidentified.

ArchivalResource: 205 items

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Miscellaneous autograph documents, 1287-1938.

Title: Miscellaneous autograph documents, 1287-1938.

Single manuscript documents, most of which are signed.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes and 2 oversize folders (.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01229/catalog View