Jane Porter papers

id
10980
origination
Porter, Jane, 1776-1850
date statement
1786-1851
key date
1786
identifier (local_mss)
24637
org unit
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
call number
Pforz MS
b-number
b21615682
total components
1929
total series
57
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Berg Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2018-08-03 19:38:22 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:10:42 UTC
status note
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Jane Porter papers"}
physdesc
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Jane Porter Papers in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public Library."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Jane Porter, English novelist; Robert Ker Porter, English painter, writer, and diplomat; Anna Maria Porter, English novelist.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Chiefly made up of letters to Jane Porter, Robert Ker Porter, and Anna Maria Porter, from hundreds of correspondents, including a number of prominent literary and political figures. Many items bear Jane Porter's annotations. Once part of the much larger and now dispersed collection of Porter family papers owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps.</p>"}
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class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638793'>1806</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1806</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638803'>1807</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1807</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638823'>1808</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1808</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638842'>1809</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1809</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638864'>1810</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1810</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638873'>1811</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1811</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638891'>1812</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1812</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638916'>1813</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1813</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638945'>1814</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1814</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638965'>1815</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1815</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1638984'>1816</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1816</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639011'>1817</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1817</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639062'>1818</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1818</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639093'>1819</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1819</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639125'>1820</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1820</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639160'>1821</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1821</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1639195'>1822</a></div>\n<div 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class='series-date'>1847</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640366'>1848</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1848</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640378'>1849</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1849</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640386'>1850s</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1850s</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640395'>Undated A-C</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640429'>Undated D-K</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640464'>Undated L-P</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640517'>Undated R-Z</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/cps/24637#c1640582'>Undated from unidentified senders</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
date_start
1786
keydate
1786
date_end
1851
date_inclusive_start
1786
date_inclusive_end
1851
prefercite
{"value"=>"Jane Porter papers, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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