Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"23755", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"circa 1810?-1819", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1810/1819", "certainty"=>"questionable"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>· 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.\".</p><p>· 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 ...\".</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, English traveler.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1810

keydate

1810

date_end

1819

date_inclusive_start

1810

date_inclusive_end

1819

extent_statement

2 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"Lady Hester Stanhope manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, English traveler. &#xB7; 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.\".", "generated"=>true}

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