Correspondence of Amelia Alderson Opie, 1794-1854 (bulk 1820-1840).

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Correspondence of Amelia Alderson Opie, 1794-1854 (bulk 1820-1840).

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The collection consists of correspondence, most of which are from Amelia Alderson Opie, to her cousin, Eliza Alderson Briggs (173 letters) and husband Henry Perronet Briggs (100 letters). Many of the remaining letters in the collection are to other Alderson family members. Subjects discussed include the life and affairs of Amelia Alderson Opie and her family and friends, local trips to the country, their social lives and activities, current plays and books, several brief trips to Paris and the Rhineland, local elections, the Quaker philanthropist and writer Joseph John Gurney, and the paintings of Henry Briggs.

364 pieces.5 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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