Elizabeth Appleton manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1815-1824]

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Elizabeth Appleton manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1815-1824]

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Autograph letter signed. CORRESPONDENCE ยท To Henry Colburn, publisher : 1 ALS ; 11 Aug. [between 1815 and 1824] (MISC 2003), reminding him that she will soon be in London, and that if he is not interested in her book that she will take it to Longman. The letter is addressed to Colburn at Conduit St., from which he moved in 1824. Tipped in to William Upcott album of collected letters of eminent women.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8127359

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lachlan, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Appleton (c. 1790-1849), married name Lachlan, educationist and author. She became popular in the field of women's education after the 1815 publication of her Private Education, or, A Practical Plan for the Studies of Young Ladies. She lost much of her credibility following an evangelical conversion around 1830, afterwhich she gained a reputation as a fanatic. From the description of Elizabeth Appleton manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1815-1824] (New York Public Library)....

Colburn, Henry, ?-1855

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Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829). From the guide to the Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, 1840-1841, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection...