John C. Mendenhall collection of literary manuscripts, 1757-1928.

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John C. Mendenhall collection of literary manuscripts, 1757-1928.

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Collection of 18th- and 19th-century English literary manuscripts, including letters written by prominent authors and artists, poems and partial manuscripts of novels. Authors include Christopher Anstey, Elizabeth Montagu, Jane Porter (whose manuscripts, including three different, partial, unpublished novels, make up the bulk of the collection), Charlotte Turner Smith and Ann Thicknesse; artists include Edward Francis Burney and Robert Ker Porter. There are also two items from Mendenhall's own correspondence.

27 items (94 leaves, 6 booklets)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7094190

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Mendenhall, John Cooper, 1886-

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Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and scholar of early modern English literature. From the description of John C. Mendenhall collection of literary manuscripts, 1757-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 231683385 ...

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...