Autograph letter signed : Brading, isle of Wight, to Hannah More, 1804 Jan. 17.
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Richmond, Legh, 1772-1827
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Legh Richmond was an Evangelical clergyman in Great Britain. He was educated at Trinity College at Cambridge University. He is famous for writing The Dairyman's Daughter and other popular works of fiction relating to English village life. From 1807 to 1812 he published several volumes of Fathers of the English Church, a collection of biographies of people active in the English Reformation. From the description of Legh Richmond letters, 1807-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517...
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...