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Hellen Shelley manuscript material

Title
Hellen Shelley manuscript material, circa 1844-1858.
Author
Shelley, Hellen, 1799-1885.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Scarlett, Bessie Florence, 1852-1934
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  • · To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891.
  • · To Emma J. Gibson and her younger sister, Bessie Florence Gibson, adoptive daughter of Percy Florence Shelley and Lady Shelley : 2 autograph verse letters signed : 1 Jan 1858 : (S'ANA 0683) : 6 pages (1 double sheet; 1 single sheet) : from Eliott House : one on trifold stationery with ornate gilt borders on two of the three sections on one side, addressed "For May & Floss," beginning, "To Emma and to Flossie, I, / Say how d'ye do before good bye ..."; the other, on double sheet stationery with gilt double border on page 1 and ornate gilt border on page 4, beginning, "My dearest May / The first bright day / Of this New Year / And Christmas cheer / I hope will be, / To you & me / And Floss, & Wren / Now & again / And Percy too / As well as you / A Pleasant time ..."; endorsed and signed on page 3 in pencil, with the signature traced over in ink: "Written by Hellen Shelley / (sister of the Poet.) / to Emma J. Gibson / & her younger sister / Florence. / B. Florence Scarlett."
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Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
872419372
Author
Shelley, Hellen, 1799-1885.
Title
Hellen Shelley manuscript material, circa 1844-1858.
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Scarlett, Bessie Florence, 1852-1934, addressee.
Scarlett, Bessie Florence, 1852-1934, annotator.
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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