Jane Porter letters and engraved portrait, 1805-1842.

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Jane Porter letters and engraved portrait, 1805-1842.

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The collection consists of thirteen letters, a fragment of notes, and a signed engraving. Includes letters dated 1805-1842, to Mrs. Samuel Carter Hall, Lady Anne Barnard, the publishers Bentley and Coburn, Thomas Ditton, Aaron Vail, George Virtue, Lady Charville, and others, including personal news, business proceedings, observations on her writing, and thank-you notes. Also, a page of notes in review of Washington Irving, undated, and a signed engraving of Jane Porter as a Lady Canoness, engraved by J. Thomson from a painting by G. Harlowe and published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1834.

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Virtue, George, 1793?-1868

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Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life. From the description of Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 i...

Ditton, Thomas

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Harlowe, G.

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Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

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Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881

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Anna Maria Hall, née Fielding, Irish-born writer. From the description of Mrs. S. C. Hall manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. early 1850's] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 666533041 Mrs. Cunningham was the wife of Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and biographer of Robert Burns. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. Allan Cunningham, [between 1842 and 1860?] / Anna Maria Hall. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36864744 I...

Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Firm)

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Ainslie, Whitelaw, Sir, 1767-1837

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