Florence Baird Smith manuscript material

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

origination

{"value"=>"Smith, Florence Baird, 1827-1903", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Florence Baird Smith manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1889-1890", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1889/1890"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Edmund Law Lushington, classical scholar : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Nov 1889 : (MISC 4325) : 14 pages (3 double sheets, 1 single sheet) + envelope : from 58 Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-sea : I am ashamed of being so long in answering your last kind note but as you see I am a wanderer . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Dec 1889 : (MISC 4326) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"Many and varied demands upon me have interfered each day with my writing since I received your delightful gift . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [29 Dec 1889] : (MISC 4327) : 4 pages (double sheet) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I hasten to correct a wrong impression I think I must have given of my usefulness to Colonel [?Gull] . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Jan 1890 : (MISC 4328) : 4 pages (double sheet) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I am so glad I did not give you any undue idea of my [?--tical] importance to our dear friend . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Mar 1890 : (MISC 4329) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I have been somewhat burdened during the last three weeks with a sore throat and cold . . . .\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Florence Elizabeth Baird Smith, née De Quincey, a daughter of the English writer Thomas De Quincey. She was the widow of Richard Baird Smith, engineer with the East India Company.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1889

keydate

1889

date_end

1890

date_inclusive_start

1889

date_inclusive_end

1890

extent_statement

5 items

prefercite

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Florence Elizabeth Baird Smith, n&#xE9;e De Quincey, a daughter of the English writer Thomas De Quincey. She was the widow of Richard Baird Smith, engineer with the East India Company. &#xB7; To Edmund Law Lushington, classical scholar : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Nov 1889 : (MISC 4325) : 14 pages (3 double sheets, 1 single sheet) + envelope : from 58 Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-sea : I am ashamed of being so long in answering your last kind note but as you see I am a wanderer . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Dec 1889 : (MISC 4326) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"Many and varied demands upon me have interfered each day with my writing since I received your delightful gift . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [29 Dec 1889] : (MISC 4327) : 4 pages (double sheet) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I hasten to correct a wrong impression I think I must have given of my usefulness to Colonel [?Gull] . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Jan 1890 : (MISC 4328) : 4 pages (double sheet) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I am so glad I did not give you any undue idea of my [?--tical] importance to our dear friend . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Mar 1890 : (MISC 4329) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) + envelope : from 81, Lexham Gardens, Kensington. W. (printed stationery) : begins, \"I have been somewhat burdened during the last three weeks with a sore throat and cold . . . .\".", "generated"=>true}

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