Autograph Letter Collection: Letters and Papers Related to Hannah More 1774-1833

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Autograph Letter Collection: Letters and Papers Related to Hannah More 1774-1833

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb106-9/16

1 A box (1 volume)

eng,

The Women' s Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280861

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More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...