John Kenyon letter to Mrs. Jameson, 1841 Feb. 11.

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John Kenyon letter to Mrs. Jameson, 1841 Feb. 11.

The collection consists of one letter, to Mrs. Jameson, 11 Feb. 1841, recalling an occasion at which they had discussed Pythagoras' directive that his followers not eat beans. He invokes the opinion of Bayle and Coleridge in the matter, and closes with a request that she acknowledge the receipt of a play on Shakespeare by Spencer Hall.

3 p.

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Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860

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Anna Brownell Jameson, née Murphy, British writer and art historian. From the description of Anna Jameson manuscript material : 2 items, 1838-1850's? (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 437139681 Irish writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. [John] Austin, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528745 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Paris and Orléans, to Lady Noel Byron, ...

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Hall, Spencer T. (Spencer Timothy), 1812-1885

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Pythagoras

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