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Mary Ellen Meredith manuscript material : 4 items

Title
Mary Ellen Meredith manuscript material : 4 items, ca. 1840-1850.
Author
Meredith, Mary Ellen, 1821-1861.

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Additional Authors
  • Nicolls, Edward, -1844.
  • Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
4 items
Summary
  • · To Edward Nicolls, British naval officer (her first husband) : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1840?] : (P'ANA 0005) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "You will grieve for me I know, but do not curse the memory of your Mary by leading a dissatisfied life, Eddy, dearest Eddy, do not, oh do not, do that ..."
  • · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet (her father) : 1 letter (copy) : [?Sep 1840-Sep 1843] : (P'ANA 0006) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : transcript in an unidentified hand; begins, "I cannot tell what I wish to say to you and my dear Mama -- forget me, I will not speak of myself ..." Printed in full as A4 in the appendix to N. Joukovsky's Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, v. 2, p. 471.
  • · Partial draft of memorandum from T. L. Peacock to John Cam Hobhouse, politican : [?15 Aug-13 Oct 1844] : (TLP 0116) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : the first ³/₄ page in the hand of Mary Ellen Peacock, the rest in the hand of T. L. Peacock; begins, "... He who was formerly great, rejoicing in all-combating strength ...". With copy of the full memorandum in an unidentified hand (P'ANA 0088). Published in full, from the final draft in the British Library, as no. 188 in N. Joukovsky's Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, v. 2, p. 281. Filed under "Thomas Love Peacock."
  • · Entries in T. L. Peacock's manuscript cookbook, "The Science of Cookery" : [1849-1850] : (TLP 0065) : 1 volume (42 manuscript leaves; 7 binder's leaves) : [from Lower Halliford] : manuscript in the hands of T. L. Peacock, Mary Ellen Meredith, and George Meredith. Shelved as *Pforz B-L 02.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Mary Ellen Meredith, née Peacock, first married name Nicolls, daughter of the writer Thomas Love Peacock; her second husband was the writer George Meredith.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
854939528
Author
Meredith, Mary Ellen, 1821-1861.
Title
Mary Ellen Meredith manuscript material : 4 items, ca. 1840-1850.
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Mary Ellen Meredith, née Peacock, first married name Nicolls, daughter of the writer Thomas Love Peacock; her second husband was the writer George Meredith.
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Added Author
Nicolls, Edward, -1844., recipient.
Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866, recipient.
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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