Autograph letter signed : London, to Frances Wright, Paris, 1827 Aug. 25 and 27.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

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Owen, Robert, 1771-1858

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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was born at Newtown, Wales to a working family, his father being employed as the local postmaster. From an early age Owen was encouraged to read and debate, and using this knowledge he was able to mentor the younger children at his school. Aged just 10 he left school and was apprenticed to a Mr James McGuffog, a linen draper from Stamford, Lincolnshire, and, according to his Autobiography, he was independent from his parents from this point onwards. ...

Skene, Philip, fl. 1827.

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Lasteyrie, C. de (Charles), 1759-1849

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Wright, Camilla, 1797-1831.

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Hunt, Henry Leigh

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Henry Leigh Hunt, English publisher. He was the son of John Hunt, the radical printer and publisher, and the nephew Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and critic. From the description of Henry Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 5 items, (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 435496462 ...

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

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George Musgrave Giger was classics professor at Princeton University, 1850-65. Francis Turretin (1623-1687) was a theologian. From the guide to the Microfilms of a Translation of Franois Turrettin, Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, 20th century (copies of 19th century originals), (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Wright, Frances, 1795-1852

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American social reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed (as Mme D'Arusmont) : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, 1835 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584300 Wright was a Scottish-American social reformer. Pertz was the wife of German historian Georg Heinrich Pertz. From the description of Letters to Julia Garnett Pertz, 1820-1829. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84317427 From the guide to the Frances Wright letter...

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