Autograph letter from Hannah More to Mrs. Rackett [manuscript], ca. 1784 January 27.

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Autograph letter from Hannah More to Mrs. Rackett [manuscript], ca. 1784 January 27.

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Asks her to purchase a couple of bottles of Elixir of life, the arquebusade water, for Mrs. Garrick. Mrs. Garrick requests that Mrs. Rackett's servant have her name set down at Lady Holderness's (Mary D'Arcy) whose daughter (Amelia D'Arcy) is dead. Envisions Mrs. Rackett and Mrs. T. Rackett in the Strand.

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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...

Darcy de Knayth, Amelia D'Arcy, Baroness, 1754-1784

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Holdernesse, Mary D'Arcy, Countess of, 1721-1801

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Countess. Mary (Doublet) Holdernesse, 4th Countess, died in 1801. She is the wife of 4th Earl Holderness, 1718-1778. From the description of Letter, 1775. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50656268 ...

Rackett, Dorothy, -1835

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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...

Rackett, Marie, -1800

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