Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826.

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Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826.

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Autograph letter to Lady Denbigh, from "the ladies of Llangollen, Plasnewydd, Llangollen, 13 January 1826." Signed "Eleanor Butler & S. Ponsonby" [although written in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby]. Mentions the suspension bridge over the Menai [Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; Thomas Telford built the bridge, 1819-1826].

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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Butler, Eleanor, 1738 or 9-1829.

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Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 1755-1831

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Sarah Ponsonby was the orphaned daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby. She lived an unhappy life with relatives in Woodstock, Ireland. She met Lady Eleanor Butler in 1768. Since both women shared a mutual love of the arts, and were both unhappy with their lives, they decided to live a quiet rural life. They left Ireland and they set up home in "Plas Newydd", in Llangollen, North East Wales, in 1780. Because they led an unusual and secluded life, Ponsonby and Buttler became known as the LADIES OF...

Sarah Ponsonby, 1754 or 5-1831.

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Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler were a famous lesbian couple living in Wales. From the guide to the Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...