Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 1739-1829

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Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the British couple known as the Ladies of Llangollen. They set up home in 1780 in Plas Newydd, Wales, and over their fifty years together hosted some of the most celebrated literary figures of the day, including Robert Southey, Wordsworth, Shelley, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

From the description of Ladies of Llangollen manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1790-1825. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 77743699

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby formed an attachment in 1768 and started to live together in 1780 at Llangollen, Wales in a house they called Plas Newydd. They jointly signed most letters and documents and are often referred to as the Ladies of Llangollen, or simply as "The Ladies."

From the description of [Letters to Mr. Cribb] / Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251855
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creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 9-1829. Letters : to Lady Frances Douglas, 1788 and undated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Halsband, Robert, 1914-. Robert Halsband papers, 1708-1976. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Hester Lynch Piozzi correspondence, 1769-1820. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sophia Smith Collection. Biography collection, 1771-1995 (bulk 1920s-70s). Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 5-1831. Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Ladies of Llangollen [microform] : letters and journals of Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) from the National Library of Wales. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 5-1831. Sarah Ponsonby collection, 1801-1822. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Bessborough papers, 1774-1827 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1. Houghton Library
creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 9-1829. Ladies of Llangollen manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1790-1825. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Davies, fl. 1804,. Copy of a letter (incomplete) from Davies to Lady E. Butler, 1804 August 24 [manuscript], 1804? Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Gosling, Mary. Diary, 1814 June-1824 Aug. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Biography Collection MS 393., 1771-1995, 1920-1970 Sophia Smith Collection
creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 9-1829. [Letters to Mr. Cribb] / Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1745?-1829. Autograph letter signed : [Langollen, N. Wales], to Mrs. Wolmar, 1812 Jan. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1745?-1829. Autograph letter in the third person : Langollen, N. Wales, to Mr. and Mrs. Abbott, [n.d.], "Friday Morning". Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Upcott, William, 1779-1845,. Original letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution : Vol. XXX : Eminent women, 1824. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1745?-1829. Letter in the third person : Langollen, N. Wales, to Messrs. Gillie and Pierce, 1829 May 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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correspondedWith Davies, fl. 1804, person
associatedWith Douglas, Frances, Lady, 1750-1817, person
associatedWith Gillie and Pierce, corporateBody
associatedWith Gosling, Mary. person
associatedWith Halsband, Robert, 1914- person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
associatedWith Miller, G., person
associatedWith More, Hannah, 1745-1833. person
correspondedWith Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 person
associatedWith Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 5-1831. person
associatedWith Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- person
associatedWith Upcott, William, 1779-1845, person
associatedWith Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842. person
associatedWith Wolmar, Mrs, person
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