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Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material : 2 items
- Title
- Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material : 2 items, circa 1810?-1819
- Author
- Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Additional Authors
- Smith, Newman
- Description
- 2 items
- Summary
- · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter (fragment) signed : [circa 1810?] : (MISC 3674) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : apparently the last page of a longer letter; begins, "... I am astonished that an apostate s.d dare to thrust himself into [observation?] in my family! Had you whose real name I know not , been a learned Jew never c.d you have abandoned a religion rich in itself, yet defective, to embrace a shadow of a one." Along with what is probably part of the letter cover, which bears a note in Lady Hester's hand: "Any letters rec'd from you will be returned unopned."
- · To Newman Smith, Esq., of Croydon Lodge : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jan 1819 : (MISC 3734) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Mount Lebanon : Begins, "Having scolded yr friend Doctor Meryon into a sort of Philosopher, I must beg that you will not spoil him ..."
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, English traveler.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 933417192
- Author
- Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839.
- Title
- Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material : 2 items, circa 1810?-1819
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, English traveler.
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- Added Author
- Smith, Newman, addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS