| Description |
2 items |
| Summary |
· To Jane Porter, novelist : 2 autograph letters signed ; 28 Jan 1823 (MISC 2617) and 7 Feb 1823 (MISC 2618), both on Porter's efforts to have her brother, Robert Ker Porter, appointed ambassador to Persia. |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Biography |
Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life. |
| Subject |
Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825 -- Correspondence.
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Diarists -- Scotland -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
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Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842.
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| Added Author |
Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, Recipient.
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| Call No. |
Pforz MS
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| Research Call Number |
Pforz MS
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