Pratt papers, 1779.

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Pratt papers, 1779.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81982892

The collection consists of Pratt's letters to Penelope Sophia Weston, later Mrs. Pennington, apparently all written between March and August of 1779. Often lengthy, the letters describe Pratt's feelings for her and concern over her health and situation; social news of Bath and other locales; and Pratt's works and reading, including commentary on the writings of Rousseau and Richardson.

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8273952

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w680522x (person)

Samuel Jackson Pratt abandoned his clerical career to become successively an actor, a bookseller, a dramatist, and finally a prolific poet and novelist whose best-known productions were the poem Sympathy and a translation of The Sorrows of Werther. The collection also contains "The Linnets," a sentimental fable by Pratt, and a copy of a poem, "On Mrs. Provis leaving Bath the day after Keppel's Arrival." From the description of Pratt papers, 1779. (Unknown). W...

Pennington, Penelope

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Penelope Pennington was a friend and correspondent of Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, Mrs. Siddons, and Anna Seward. From the guide to the Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Penelope Pennington, née Weston (1757-1827), wife of William Pennington, Master of Ceremonies for the Bristol Hotwells. From the guide to the Penelope Pennington manuscript material : 12 items, 1813-1814, (The Ne...