Mary Harris Cornwallis manuscript material : 1 item 1784-1807

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Mary Harris Cornwallis manuscript material : 1 item 1784-1807

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Mary Harris Cornwallis, of Wittersham, Kent, England, was the author of two religious works. In 1778, she married William Cornwallis (1751-1827), the rector of Wittersham for some thirty years. They had two daughters, Sarah (1779-1803), and the scholar and writer Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858). 1 commonplace book : 1784-1807 : (MISC 4040) : 93 leaves, consisting of a blend of anecdotes, observations, and advice from Cornwallis to her daughters on such topics as education, the "cultivation of the mind," marriage, and motherhood. There are also 24 pages of reading lists, by genre: history, poetry, children's books, religious works, etc. Vellum binding. Shelved under "Cornwallis" with bound manuscript volumes.

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Cornwallis, Mary Harris, ca. 1755-ca. 1835.

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Mary (Harris) Cornwallis, author, married Reverend William Cornwallis (1751-1827), rector of Elham and Wittersham in Kent. She wrote and published several religious works, including Observations, Critical, Explanatory and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817) and A Preparation for the Lord's Supper...Intended for the Use of Ladies (1826). She had two daughters, Sarah Cornwallis (1779-1803), and Caroline Francis Cornwallis (1786-1858). The latter became a feminist author of works on Christ...

Cornwallis, Caroline Frances, 1786-1858

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