Original letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution : Vol. XXX : Eminent women, 1824.

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Title

Original letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution : Vol. XXX : Eminent women, 1824.

Description

Album, with handwritten half-title, title page, and index, containing 43 tipped-in original letters from notable women, mostly writers, among them Lucy Aikin, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Maria Edgeworth, and Lady Caroline Lamb. Several of the letters are to Upcott; many are to publishers, in particular Henry Colburn. There are also 16 tipped-in portraits, and prospectuses for publications by Elizabeth Wright Macauley and Helen Maria Williams.

Creator

Upcott, William, 1779-1845

Publisher

New York Public Library

Date

1824

Contributor

Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864.
Lachlan, Elizabeth.
B., Miss.
Baillie, Marianne, 1795?-1831.
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.
Beckedorff, Mrs.
Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827.
Benson, Maria.
Bowdler, H. M. (Henrietta Maria), 1754-1830.
Bryan, Margaret, active 1815.
Burney, Sarah Harriet, 1772-1844.
Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1739-1829.
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842.
Carter, Eliza.
Dacre, Barbarina, Lady, 1767-1854.
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849.
Evelyn, M.
Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845.
Hackett, Maria.
Holderness, Mary.
Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852.
Hunter, A. S.
Hutton, Catherine, 1756-1846.
Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828.
Leadbeater, Mary, 1758-1826.
Linwood, Mary, 1755-1845.
Macauley, Miss (Elizabeth Wright), 1785?-1837.
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800.
Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859.
Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853.
Parsons, Jane.
Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839.
Porter, Jane, 1776-1850.
Serres, Olivia Wilmot, 1772-1835.
Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806.
Spence, Elizabeth Isabella, 1768-1832.
Starke, Mariana, 1762?-1838.
Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810.
Wesley, Sarah.
Colburn, Henry, -1855, addressee.