| Description |
5 items |
| Summary |
· Holograph poem, "Written in an alcove at Allerton" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. |
|
· To Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1820-4 : (MISC 2002) : begins, "I want to hear about you my dear Benger, & I have also something to tell you ..." Tipped into the William Upcott album. Shelved with bound manuscript materials under "Upcott." |
|
· To Dr. Arthur Ladbroke Wigan : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 May 1846 : (MISC 3748). |
|
· To unknown recipients : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed (fragment) : no date : (MISC 3929) : sending her love to her correspondent "& to Betsy." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscripts. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jan [no year] : (MISC 4102) : from Hampstead; begins, "Can you kindly lend your assistance ..." |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Biography |
Lucy Aikin, English historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously. |
| Subject |
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864 -- Correspondence.
|
|
Historians -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
|
| Added Author |
Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827, Recipient.
|
|
Wigan, A. L. (Arthur Ladbroke), Recipient.
|
| In: |
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925 |
| Call No. |
Pforz MS
|
| Research Call Number |
Pforz MS
|
|
