Charlotte Brontë's hair and related papers, ca. 1850-1891.

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Charlotte Brontë's hair and related papers, ca. 1850-1891.

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Lock of hair of Charlotte Brontë. Also includes: autograph manuscript letter (Halifax, England, 1891 August 5, 1s. (4p.)) from Mrs. Hattie S. F. Smith to Fred Holland Day presenting the hair, and discussing the origin, with envelope; manuscript transcript copy (in hand of Hattie S. F. Smith) of letter from Ellen Nussey to Mr. Scruton? (1885 April 13); a printed notice to visitors to "The Brontë Relics" at Haworth; and the notice of sale of these items from Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.).

2 volumes .1 linear ft.

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Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland), 1864-1933

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Fred Holland Day was an American publisher, "art" photographer, and leader of the aesthetic movement in fin-de-siècle Boston. Day was an enthusiastic collector of John Keats and he led the campaign which resulted in the first memorial to Keats being placed in Hampstead Church in 1894. From the description of Correspondence relating to John Keats, 1889-1931 (inclusive), 1889-1894 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371994 Fred Holland Day was an American pub...

Nussey, Ellen

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Smith, Hattie S. F.,

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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

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Charlotte Brontë (b. April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England–d. March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire, England), English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell....