Frances Burney d'Arblay collection of papers 1653-1894 1775-1839

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Francis, Clement

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Epithet: of Aylsham; surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000112 ...

Arblay, Alexandre Jean Baptiste Piochard, comte d', 1754-1818

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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788

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Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840

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Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865184 English novelist, author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. Born Frances Burney, married General d'Arblay. From the description of ALS : to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, [1781] May 31-June 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). ...

Barrett, Charlotte

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Rishton, Maria Allen

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Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

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British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish slavery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603596632 William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist, was born in Hull, Yorkshire. In 1780 he entered The House of Commons and acquired a reputation for radicalism. Wilberforce is most known for his opposition to slavery and the slave trade. In 1787 he for...

Berg, Henry W., 1858-1938

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Maitland, Julia Charlotte, -1864

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Arblay, Alexander d', 1794-

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Burney, Sarah Harriet, 1772-1844

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Sarah Harriet Burney, British writer. She wrote several novels, including Clarentine (1796), Geraldine Fauconberg (1808), and Country Neighbours (1820), the heroine of which inspired a poem by Charles Lamb. She is the sister of the more famous novelist Fanny Burney, Mme. D'Arblay. From the description of Sarah Harriet Burney manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 77744062 Sarah Harriet Burney, British writer. She wrote several n...

Waddington, Mary Port

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Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1777-1848

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Daughter of George III. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.] "Wednesday Night". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888453 From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p.], to B.L. Vulliamy, [1821 Aug. 25] "Saturday Night." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888440 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Williams, 1811 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27088843...

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...

Berg, Albert Ashton, 1872-1950

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Broome, Charlotte Burney Francis.

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Young, Arthur, 1741-1820

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Arthur Young was an English civil servant and writer on agriculture and social economy. Born and raised in Suffolk, he began farming his family land and managed a farm in Essex; his agricultural experiments were largely unsuccessful, but he learned from the experience and produced several popular books on farming. He continued to write and travelled extensively, ultimately establishing himself at a farm in Bradfield. He became England's best-known advocate of agricultural reform, founded and edi...

Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840

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Wesley, Sarah

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Phillips, Susanna Elizabeth Burney.

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Boinville, H

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Burney, Esther Burney

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Barrett, Henry

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Burney, Charlotte Francis

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Barrett, Richard, 1789-

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Byrant, Jacob, 1715-1804

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Crisp, Samuel, -1783

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Francis, Marianne

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Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

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Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. From the description of Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscri...

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...

Young, Owen D., 1874-

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