Research Catalog

Title

Mary Lamb manuscript material : 3 items, 1811-1820

Author

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.

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Additional Authors

• Betham, Matilda, 1776-1852.
• Brent, Charlotte, 1783-
• Morgan, Mary Brent.
• Novello, Mary Sabilla Hehl, approximately 1789-1854.

Description

3 items

Summary

• · To Matilda Betham, writer and miniature painter : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Mar 1811 : (S'ANA 0990) : [no place] : promising to drag the hopelessly unreliable Coleridge along to meet her; begins, "Coleridge has given me a very chearful promise that he will wait on Lady Jerningham any day you will be pleased ..."
• · To Mary Morgan, née Brent, wife and sister-in-law of John James Morgan (d. 1820), lawyer turned cheesemonger and tobacconist, friend of Coleridge and Southey : 1 autograph letter fragment : 22 May 1815 : (S'ANA 0994) : [no place] : also addressed to Mrs. Morgan's sister, Miss [Charlotte] Brent. Includes an anedcote regarding Wordsworth's criticism of Godwin's Lives of Edward and John Philips. A portion of the letter is written by Charles Lamb. Begins, "I have just heard from your good man in Bishopgate Street -- I forget his name -- that you are all well and happily situated ..."
• · To Mary Novello, wife of music publisher Vincent Novello : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 21-22 Dec 1820 : (S'ANA 0037) : [no place] : on Charles's illness, and assuring her that the Lambs will see her and her family soon; begins, "I use my brother's pen, being so much more elegant than my own ..."

Subjects

• Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
• Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847 > Correspondence
• Godwin, William, 1756-1836 > Lives of Edward and John Philips

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Mary Lamb, English children's book writer. The sister of Charles Lamb, the essayist, Mary contributed several works to William Godwin's Juvenile Library, including Tales from Shakespeare, a collaboration with her brother.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

162505310

Author

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.

Title

Mary Lamb manuscript material : 3 items, 1811-1820

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Mary Lamb, English children's book writer. The sister of Charles Lamb, the essayist, Mary contributed several works to William Godwin's Juvenile Library, including Tales from Shakespeare, a collaboration with her brother.

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Added Author

Betham, Matilda, 1776-1852. Addressee

Brent, Charlotte, 1783- Addressee

Morgan, Mary Brent. Addressee

Novello, Mary Sabilla Hehl, approximately 1789-1854. Addressee

Research Call Number

Pforz MS