Anna Maria Porter manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Porter, Anna Maria, 1778-1832", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Poem (transcript), \"Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades\" : [composed in 1819; copy date = 1833] : (PORT 33.05.28b) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades / That never savage step their peace invades . . .\"; in the hand of Brian Broughton, on page 3 of a letter from Broughton to Jane Porter dated 28 May 1833. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.</p><p>· Poem (transcript), \"A Lament\" : [composed in 1826; copy date = 1833] : (PORT 33.04.26b) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"A home a rie! A home a rie! / The pride of Britain's Fair is o'er . . .\"; in the hand of Lady Macdonald, enclosed in a letter from Lady Macdonald to Jane Porter dated 26 Apr 1833. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.</p><p>· To Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger, historian and novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jun 1821 : (MISC 2698) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from The Cottage : begins, \"When we parted last you charged me to give you the [certain?] intelligence of my poor Jane's state . . . .\" Filed among the Jane Porter papers.</p><p>· To Jane Porter, novelist (her sister) : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1811 : (PORT 11.05.28) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [from Kingston] : begins, \"I catch a moment of Mr Taylor to get the frank <loss> you.\".</p><p>· To William Ogilvie Porter, physician (her brother) : 1 letter (transcript; incomplete) : [composed on 17 Aug 1830; copy date = 1843] : (PORT 43.06.30b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \". . . it; for I suspect you have made some great alteration in the catastrophe.\" In the hand of Jane Porter, whose note at the head of the letter reads: \"Copy of the half letter of my beloved sister - W[m?] gave me to send to Mr. Upcott.\".</p><p>· To Miss [Terry?] : 1 autograph letter signed : \"Monday morn\" : (MISC 4124) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"May I beg the favor of you when you go next to Kensington . . . .\".</p><p>· To Selina Wheler (later Davenport), novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1797] : (MISC 4069) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"While the tears are yet in my eyes, which a message from you has caused, I take up my pen . . . .\".</p>"}

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

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{"value"=>"Anna Maria Porter, English novelist. Poem (transcript), \"Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades\" : [composed in 1819; copy date = 1833] : (PORT 33.05.28b) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"Learn ye! who wander this these sylvan shades / That never savage step their peace invades . . .\"; in the hand of Brian Broughton, on page 3 of a letter from Broughton to Jane Porter dated 28 May 1833. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.", "generated"=>true}

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