Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826.

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Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826.

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Autograph letter to Lady Denbigh, from "the ladies of Llangollen, Plasnewydd, Llangollen, 13 January 1826." Signed "Eleanor Butler & S. Ponsonby" [although written in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby]. Mentions the suspension bridge over the Menai [Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; Thomas Telford built the bridge, 1819-1826].

1 letter (3 p.)

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Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 1755-1831

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Sarah Ponsonby was the orphaned daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby. She lived an unhappy life with relatives in Woodstock, Ireland. She met Lady Eleanor Butler in 1768. Since both women shared a mutual love of the arts, and were both unhappy with their lives, they decided to live a quiet rural life. They left Ireland and they set up home in "Plas Newydd", in Llangollen, North East Wales, in 1780. Because they led an unusual and secluded life, Ponsonby and Buttler became known as the LADIES OF...

Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 1739-1829

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Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the British couple known as the Ladies of Llangollen. They set up home in 1780 in Plas Newydd, Wales, and over their fifty years together hosted some of the most celebrated literary figures of the day, including Robert Southey, Wordsworth, Shelley, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott. From the description of Ladies of Llangollen manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1790-1825. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 77743699 Lady Elean...