Mary Wollstonecraft manuscript material : 49 items 1773-1797

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Mary Wollstonecraft manuscript material : 49 items 1773-1797

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The Mary Wollstonecraft manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a holograph fragment of her essay, “On Poetry,” and a holograph review of Karl Gottlieb Cramer’s gothic novel, Albert de Nordenshild. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1787 and 1797 and discusses her personal life and her published works. Correspondents include: William Godwin, philosopher and novelist (her husband); Mary Hays, novelist; Joseph Johnson, her publisher; and over a half dozen others.

49 items

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

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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay (by whom she had a daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Wollstonecraft died at the age of 38, eleven days after giving birth to her second daughter, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts. This daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, became an accomp...

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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British historian and radical political writer. From the description of History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line : holograph, 1762-1763. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760493 ...

Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800

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The Beautiful Perdita. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Sir Peter Burrell. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655533 ...

Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

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Mary Hays, English writer. From the description of Mary Hays manuscript material : 35 items, 1779-1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 373526721 From the guide to the Mary Hays manuscript material : 36 items, 1779-1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Dyson, George, d. 1822.

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George Dyson, British translator and painter. He was for a time a close friend of William Godwin. From the description of George Dyson manuscript material : 2 items, 1800 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 175281253 From the guide to the George Dyson manuscript material : 2 items, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Wollstonecraft, Everina, 1765-1841.

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Gardiner, Jane, of Beverley

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Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809

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English bookseller and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Cowper, 1782 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871157 Joseph Johnson, bookseller and publisher, lived in London from 1761 until the last few years of his life. A Dissenter, known for his progressive political views and for his role in bringing together many of the leading intellectuals of his time, Johnson was notable for publishing such writers as Maria Edgeworth,...

Gisborne, Maria, 1770-1836

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Epithet: friend of Shelley, wife of J Gisborne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000064 Maria Gisborne [née James; other married name Reveley], friend of William Godwin and Mary and Percy Shelley. In her teens, she studied painting under the tutelage of Angelica Kauffman in Rome. She met William Godwin through her first husband, William Reveley, an English acrhitect with whom she had one son, Henry. Whe...

Barlow, Ruth, 1755-1818

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Ruth Baldwin Barlow; married poet and diplomat Joel Barlow in 1781. From the description of Letter : Kalorama, to Pamela Jacob, Windsor, Vt., 1816 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22189880 From the description of Letter : Kalorama, to Pamela Jacob, Windsor, Vt., 1816 May 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22189929 From the description of Letter : to Pamela Jacob, Windsor, Vt., [1814 or 1815] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22191339 ...

Gabell, Henry, 1764-1831

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Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

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Mary Hays, English writer. From the description of Mary Hays manuscript material : 35 items, 1779-1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 373526721 From the guide to the Mary Hays manuscript material : 36 items, 1779-1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Opie was an English Quaker author. From the description of ALS, [18]52 May 26 : Norwich [Eng.] to "Dear friend" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956520 Amelia Opie was an English Quaker. From the description of ALS, 1824 September 29, Norwich, [Eng.] / Amelia Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 262363074 Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. From the guide to the Amelia Opie man...

Marshall, James, 1756? -1832

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