Original letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution : Vol. XXX : Eminent women, 1824.

Leadbeater, Mary, 1758-1826

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Mary Leadbeater [née Shackleton], Irish author. From the description of Mary Leadbeater manuscript material : 1 item, 1802 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 697291983 ...

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

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Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a best selling British historical novelist and the author of Thaddeus of Warsaw (1804) and The Scottish chiefs (1810). From the description of Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559985 Francis Legatt Chantrey was a popular and successful sculptor who made portrait busts of many of the most distinguished men of his time, including George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Willi...

Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864

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Lucy Aikin, historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously. From the description of Lucy Aikin manuscript material, 1846. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record...

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

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Anna Letitia Barbauld, née Aikin, English poet and essayist. Her first book of poems, published before her marriage, was a critical and popular success, but she came to be better known for her works on the teaching of infants. She was among the circle of radical intellectuals gathered around her publisher, Joseph Johnson, which also included the likes of Joanna Baillie, George Dyer, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin, and Henry Crabb Robinson. From the description of Anna Letitia Barba...

Hackett, Marian

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Bryan, Margaret, 1759-1836?

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Margaret Bryan, English educator and writer on natural philosophy. She ran a boarding-school for girls at Blackheath from 1795 to 1806, opened a school in London in 1815, and moved to Margate in 1816, where she also ran a school. Her best known works include Compendious System of Astronomy (1797) and Lectures on Natural Philosophy (1806)....

Parsons, Janet

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Linwood, Mary, 1755-1845

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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...

Hutton, Catherine, 1756-1846

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x00011a Catherine Hutton, English novelist and letter-writer. From the description of Catherine Hutton manuscript material : 1 item, 1822 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 433148258 Catherine Hutton, 1756-1846, was the only daughter of William Hutton (1723-1815, historian of Birmingham) and his wife, Sarah Coc...

Evelyn, Mary, 1912-1991

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Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849

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Irish novelist and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, to August Louis, Baron de Staël-Holstein and Achille-Léon-Victor, Duc de Broglie, 1826 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994866 Irish-English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Dominique François Jean Arago, the French scientist, [n.d., paper is watermarked 1818]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742984 ...

Beckedorff, Mrs.

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Hunter, A. S.

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Epithet: Mrs; of Bridge of Allan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002a4 ...

Starke, Mariana, 1762?-1838

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Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Rosina [Lady Lytton], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871221 Lady Caroline Lamb, English novelist. From the description of Lady Caroline Lamb manuscript material : 48 items, 1815-1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 707758437 British writer. From the description of Sketch, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79211312 Caroline ...

B., Miss.

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Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 1739-1829

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Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the British couple known as the Ladies of Llangollen. They set up home in 1780 in Plas Newydd, Wales, and over their fifty years together hosted some of the most celebrated literary figures of the day, including Robert Southey, Wordsworth, Shelley, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. From the description of Ladies of Llangollen manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1790-1825. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 77743699 Lady Elean...

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...

Baillie, Marianne, 1795?-1831

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Marianne Baillie, travel writer and poet. John Murray published her First Impressions of a Tour upon the Continent in 1819, one of the first accounts of the grand tour written by a woman. From the description of Marianne Baillie manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1819 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75207940 From the guide to the Marianne Baillie manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1819, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and ...

Bowdler, H. M. (Henrietta Maria), Mrs., 1754-1830

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Henrietta Maria [Harriet] Bowdler, English writer and literary editor. She is best known for her Family Shakespeare, a collection of Shakespeare's plays with scenes and references cut out that she found morally offensive. Her brother Thomas was credited with The Family Shakespeare for many years, and it was their surname that inspired the coinage of the verb "bowdlerize.". From the guide to the H. M. Bowdler manuscript material : 1 item, 1815, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pf...

Macauley, Miss (Elizabeth Wright), 1785?-1837

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Elizabeth Wright Macauley, English actress and socialist. From the description of Elizabeth Wright Macauley manuscript material : 1 item, 1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726184859 From the guide to the Elizabeth Wright Macauley manuscript material : 1 item, 1824, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852

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Margaret Holford, English poet and translator. From the description of Margaret Holford manuscript material : 1 item, 1816 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726257450 From the guide to the Margaret Holford manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Wesley, Sarah, sister of Samuel Wesley

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Epithet: sister of Samuel Wesley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x00039c ...

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...

Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845

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Elizabeth Fry was a philanthropist and prison reformer. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1838. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225718240 Elizabeth Gurney Fry, English penal reformer and philanthropist. From the description of Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material : 4 items, 1817-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 226237390 Fry was a prison reformer in England. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Ha...

Serres, Olivia Wilmot, 1772-1834

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Claimed to be Princess Olive of Cumberland. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to King William IV, 1831 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888417 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Place, to the editor of the Champion, [n.d.] "Wednesday". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888412 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to the Duke of Cumberland, 1818 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2708884...

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828

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Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole was often her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a long friendship. Other friends included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death. From the guide to the Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, pre-1824, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer C...

Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810

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Upcott, William, 1779-1845

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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827

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Helen Maria Williams was an English and French writer. From the description of Helen Maria Williams preface to a translation of Mr. Humboldt's Personal narrative etc., ca. 1814. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49014664 Epithet: authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000332 ...

Spence, Elizabeth Isabella, 1768-1832

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Holderness, Mary.

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Mary Holderness, British writer on Russia. From the description of Mary Holderness manuscript material : 1 item, 1823 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726279113 From the guide to the Mary Holderness manuscript material : 1 item, 1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Lachlan, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Appleton (c. 1790-1849), married name Lachlan, educationist and author. She became popular in the field of women's education after the 1815 publication of her Private Education, or, A Practical Plan for the Studies of Young Ladies. She lost much of her credibility following an evangelical conversion around 1830, afterwhich she gained a reputation as a fanatic. From the description of Elizabeth Appleton manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1815-1824] (New York Public Library)....

Dacre, Barbarina, Lady, 1767-1854

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Barbarina Brand, Lady Dacre, English poet and playwright. From the description of Lady Dacre manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173487273 From the guide to the Lady Dacre manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1821, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Benson, Maria

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Maria Benson, British writer. She is the author of a few published novels and the pedagocial essay Thoughts on Education. Benson's sister was Anna Dorothea Montagu -- third wife of Basil Montagu. From the description of Maria Benson manuscript material : 1 item, 1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76894085 From the guide to the Maria Benson manuscript material : 1 item, 1821, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circ...

Colburn, Henry, ?-1855

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Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829). From the guide to the Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, 1840-1841, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection...

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...

Morgan, Lady, (Sydney), 1783-1859

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Sydney Morgan, née Owneson, Lady Morgan, Irish-born novelist and socialite. From the guide to the Sydney Morgan, Lady Morgan manuscript material : 22 items, 1809-1858, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Sydney Owenson Morgan, Irish novelist, published her first volume of verse in March 1801 and her most famous novel, The wild Irish girl, in 1806. She married surgeon Sir Thomas Charles Morgan on 20 January 1812. They moved...

Pilkington, fam.

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Carter, Eliza

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Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827

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Epithet: of Add MS 36058 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0001f3 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00021c Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger, English historian and novelist. Before she began to write her biographies of historical royal women such as Anne Boleyn and and Mary, Queen of Scots, Benger published...

Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842

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Maria Calcott, Lady Calcott (née Maria Dundas; other married name Graham), English writer and illustrator. From the guide to the Maria Calcott, Lady Calcott manuscript material : 1 item, 1824, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Florence and [London], to Lady Caledon, 1828 Apr. 18 and Oct. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134396 ...

Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806

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English poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to her publisher [Cadell], 1798 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663279 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weymouth, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies [London publishing firm], 1796 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664068 Charlotte Smith was a British poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, Petworth, to Thomas Cadell, and engra...