Elizabeth Hays Lanfear

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Elizabeth Hays Lanfear

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· To Mary Hays, novelist (her sister) : 3 autograph letters signed : -- [ca. 1796] : (MISC 4075) : from Gainsford Street [London]; including her opinions having just read Rousseau; begins, "John brought me such an indifferent account of you yesterday." -- 4 Feb 1801 : (MISC 4076) : from Chelmsford [Essex]; on women's status and old maids, and Mary's recent unfortunate involvement with a man; begins, "Though I have now no wish to change it, I perfectly agree with you in pronouncing a state of celibacy to be but little favourable either to virtue or happiness ..." -- 14 Aug 1803 : (MISC 4077) : from Ingatestone [Essex]; announcing her engavement to Mr. Lanfear; begins, "Both my mind, & my feelings have for some months past been occupied ..." All letters published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's edition Mary Hays's letters, p. 481-485.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

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Mary Hays, English writer. From the description of Mary Hays manuscript material : 35 items, 1779-1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 373526721 From the guide to the Mary Hays manuscript material : 36 items, 1779-1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Lanfear, Elizabeth Hays.

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Elizabeth Lanfear, née Hays, younger sister of English novelist Mary Hayes. Elizabeth contributed threee pieces to her sister's Letters and Essays (1793), and possibly published a book of her own (cf. the Brooks edition of M. Hays's letters, p. 307n, 539n). She was engaged to a widower named Mr. Lanfear in 1803, and apparantly married him shortly thereafter. From the description of Elizabeth Hays Lanfear (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 310202239 ...

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period. From the description of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers [manuscript]. [174-]-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564187 Swiss philosopher, writer, music theorist and composer. From the description of Collection of autograph letters : France, England, Switzerland, to various recipients, 1756-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714645189 From the description of Autogr...