Autograph letter from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Mrs. Garrick, Terrace, Adelphi [manuscript], ca. 1803-1808[?] December 23.

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Autograph letter from Hannah More, Barley Wood, to Mrs. Garrick, Terrace, Adelphi [manuscript], ca. 1803-1808[?] December 23.

Discusses her busy summer, gardening. Trusts that O.P.-ism is done away, since she feared a spirit of insurrection might lead to public consequences. Mentions Patty, the bishop of St. Davids, one of the Lady Fitzroy, Lady Waldegrave, Lady Amherst, the Morleys.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7253863

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822

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Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...

More, Martha, 1746?-1819.

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Amherst, Elizabeth, 1739 or 1740-1830

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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...

Fitzroy, Charlotte Maria, 1761-1808

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Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837

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Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura, 1760-1816

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Widow of the 4th Earl Waldegrave. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : various places, to Lady Teignmouth, 1811 Aug. 14 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872426 Epithet: wife of George, 4th Earl Waldegrave British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x000293 ...

Morely family,

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