Mary Somerville manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"23746", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Mary Somerville manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1833-1860's?", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1833/1869", "certainty"=>"questionable"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>· To Captain Hanchette, R. N., at 24 Rue Duphot : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Apr 1833 : (MISC 3940) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I am truly sensible my dear Sir of your kind attention and am hapy to have a friend so near in time of need ...\" Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Mrs. Hoover : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Jul 1844 : (MISC 2221) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"You must think it strange my dear Mrs. Hoover that I have not been to see you...\"; includes \"...I have not been going out on account of the death of my sister in law Lady Fairfax ...\".</p><p>· To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph signature : [circa 1860's?] : (SHEE 0121) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : in a shaky [later?] hand.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and mathematics expositor.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1833

keydate

1833

date_end

1869

date_inclusive_start

1833

date_inclusive_end

1869

extent_statement

3 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"Mary Somerville manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and mathematics expositor. &#xB7; To Captain Hanchette, R. N., at 24 Rue Duphot : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Apr 1833 : (MISC 3940) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I am truly sensible my dear Sir of your kind attention and am hapy to have a friend so near in time of need ...\" Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

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