Matilda Betham manuscript material : 1 item, 1810

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Matilda Betham manuscript material : 1 item, 1810

ยท To George Dyer, author and advocate of political reform : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Aug 1810 : (MISC 3616h) : with news of mutual friends, including "the Holcrofts, Mrs. Montagu & Mr. Lamb." Also included, in another hand, is a 36-line poem titled "Fancy fettered."

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928042

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

Betham, Matilda, 1776-1852

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Matilda Betham, English writer and miniature painter. She counted many writers among her friends, including Charles and Mary Lamb, Coleridge, Southey, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Betham's Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of every Age and Country was published in 1804. From the description of Matilda Betham manuscript material : 1 item, 1810 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174137763 From the guide to the Matilda Betham manuscript material : 1 ite...

Dyer, George, 1755-1841

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George Dyer, English author and advocate of political reform. He wrote several works in the interest of England's poor, and counted many notable literary figures among his social circle, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Godwin, and Southey. From the description of George Dyer manuscript material : 17 items, 1792-1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174137726 Epithet: of Add MS 36806 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Desc...