Autograph letter signed from Mary Cowden Clarke, Bayswater, to Charles F. Dennet, Esq. [manuscript], 1852 January 17.

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Autograph letter signed from Mary Cowden Clarke, Bayswater, to Charles F. Dennet, Esq. [manuscript], 1852 January 17.

Invites Mr. and Mrs. Dennet to see gift of the "Testimonial Chair from America" which she received from Abbot Lawrence. Also expresses appreciation for gift of the "Boston Edition of our idol Poet" by H.N. Hudson.

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Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898

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Mary Cowden Clarke was a British author and actress and one of the first significant female Shakespearean editors. Her family were intimates of Keats, Dickens, Fielding, and the Lambs. Working with her husband, Charles Cowden Clarke, and on her own, she compiled an impressive body of work including the major Shakespearean concordance of her day. From the description of Mary Cowden Clarke letters and poem, 1872-1882. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848...

Dennet, Charles F.

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...