Sarah Trimmer manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"24043", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Sarah Trimmer manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1780?-1803", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780/1803", "certainty"=>"questionable"}

physdesc

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

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>· To Charlotte, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : 1 autograph letter signed (copy?) : 14 Sep 1803 : (MISC 4149) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Brentford : begins, \"Having so repeatedly expressed your Royal condescension on similar occasions, I am encouraged to hope for your Majesty's gracious acceptance of The Guardian of Education . . . .\" Definitely in Trimmer's hand, but perhaps a copy she made for her own purposes; there are no clear signs of this manuscript having been delivered.</p><p>· To Elizabeth La Touche, orphanage and charity school headmistress : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Oct 1801 : (MISC 3926) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Brentford : begins, \"I certainly have not sufficient personal knowledge of the woman I lately had the honor of mentioning to you as Matron for your benevolent Institution . . . .\" Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To \"Sir\" : 1 autograph letter signed : \"Friday Evening\" [1780?] : (MISC 4101) : 2 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I believe I now perfectly understand you, & think I can manage the matter; but do assure you there will be a great impropriety in procuring a recommendation from that quarter at present, as the Book should be presented to the Queen, before it is published.\" Someone, in what appears to be a later hand, has written \"1780\" in pencil at the top of the first page of the letter.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Sarah Trimmer, English author and educationist.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1780

keydate

1780

date_end

1803

date_inclusive_start

1780

date_inclusive_end

1803

extent_statement

3 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"Sarah Trimmer manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Sarah Trimmer, English author and educationist. &#xB7; To Charlotte, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : 1 autograph letter signed (copy?) : 14 Sep 1803 : (MISC 4149) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Brentford : begins, \"Having so repeatedly expressed your Royal condescension on similar occasions, I am encouraged to hope for your Majesty's gracious acceptance of The Guardian of Education . . . .\" Definitely in Trimmer's hand, but perhaps a copy she made for her own purposes; there are no clear signs of this manuscript having been delivered.", "generated"=>true}

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