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Anna Maria Porter manuscript material.
- Title
- Anna Maria Porter manuscript material.
- Author
- Porter, Anna Maria, 1778-1832.
- Publication
- circa 1797-1843
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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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- 7 items
- Summary
- Poem (transcript), "Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades" : [composed in 1819; copy date = 1833] : (PORT 33.05.28b) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades / That never savage step their peace invades . . ."; in the hand of Brian Broughton, on page 3 of a letter from Broughton to Jane Porter dated 28 May 1833. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.
- · Poem (transcript), "A Lament" : [composed in 1826; copy date = 1833] : (PORT 33.04.26b) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "A home a rie! A home a rie! / The pride of Britain's Fair is o'er . . ."; in the hand of Lady Macdonald, enclosed in a letter from Lady Macdonald to Jane Porter dated 26 Apr 1833. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.
- · To Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger, historian and novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jun 1821 : (MISC 2698) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from The Cottage : begins, "When we parted last you charged me to give you the [certain?] intelligence of my poor Jane's state . . . ." Filed among the Jane Porter papers.
- · To Jane Porter, novelist (her sister) : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1811 : (PORT 11.05.28) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [from Kingston] : begins, "I catch a moment of Mr Taylor to get the frank <loss> you."
- · To William Ogilvie Porter, physician (her brother) : 1 letter (transcript; incomplete) : [composed on 17 Aug 1830; copy date = 1843] : (PORT 43.06.30b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, ". . . it; for I suspect you have made some great alteration in the catastrophe." In the hand of Jane Porter, whose note at the head of the letter reads: "Copy of the half letter of my beloved sister - W[m?] gave me to send to Mr. Upcott."
- · To Miss [Terry?] : 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday morn" : (MISC 4124) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "May I beg the favor of you when you go next to Kensington . . . ."
- · To Selina Wheler (later Davenport), novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1797] : (MISC 4069) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "While the tears are yet in my eyes, which a message from you has caused, I take up my pen . . . ."
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Anna Maria Porter, English novelist.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 1046079708
- Author
- Porter, Anna Maria, 1778-1832.
- Title
- Anna Maria Porter manuscript material.
- Production
- circa 1797-1843
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Anna Maria Porter, English novelist.
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- Added Author
- Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827, addressee.Davenport, Selina, 1779-1859, addressee.Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, addressee.Porter, William Ogilvie, 1774-1850, addressee.Broughton, Brian, 1767?-1839, scribe.Macdonald, Lady (Dora), 1789-1854, scribe.Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, scribe.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS