Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1817-1830", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1817/1830"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To James Elmes, writer on architecture : 1 autograph letter : 13 Aug 1817 : (MISC 2021) : third person acknowledgment for his Hints on the Improvement of Prisons (1817). Mounted in the William Upcott album of letters by Eminent Women. Shelved under \"Upcott\" with bound manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Amelia Opie, novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1829 : (O'ANA 0019) : returning a borrowed Robert Southey letter (possibly O'ANA 0013) and requesting a copy of it \"because I think that there is much truth in its contents.\" Mounted in the grangerized copy of Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To a \"Dear friend\" : 30 Apr 1823 : (MISC 3646) : responding to a request for advice in obtaining positions at Millbank Penitentiary and one other unnamed institution as a consulting surgeon.</p><p>· To an \"Esteemed Friend\" : 24 Apr 1830 : (B'ANA 0041) : regarding her request for a sermon of J. Venn's to be printed, and commenting on the slow production of her forthcoming Texts for Every Day in the Year.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Elizabeth Gurney Fry, English penal reformer and philanthropist.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1817

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1817

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1830

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1817

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1830

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4 items

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{"value"=>"Elizabeth Gurney Fry manuscript material : 4 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Elizabeth Gurney Fry, English penal reformer and philanthropist. &#xB7; To James Elmes, writer on architecture : 1 autograph letter : 13 Aug 1817 : (MISC 2021) : third person acknowledgment for his Hints on the Improvement of Prisons (1817). Mounted in the William Upcott album of letters by Eminent Women. Shelved under \"Upcott\" with bound manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

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