Lucy Aikin manuscript material

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unitid

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

{"value"=>"19372", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Lucy Aikin manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1820-1846", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1820/1846"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1820

date_inclusive_end

1846

origination

{"value"=>"Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Lucy Aikin, English historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Holograph poem, \"Written in an alcove at Allerton\" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.|||To Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1820-4 : (MISC 2002) : begins, \"I want to hear about you my dear Benger, & I have also something to tell you ...\" Tipped into the William Upcott album. Shelved with bound manuscript materials under \"Upcott.\".|||To Dr. Arthur Ladbroke Wigan : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 May 1846 : (MISC 3748).|||To unknown recipients : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed (fragment) : no date : (MISC 3929) : sending her love to her correspondent \"& to Betsy.\" Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscripts. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jan [no year] : (MISC 4102) : from Hampstead; begins, \"Can you kindly lend your assistance ...\".</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"04-0039"}

{"materials"=>"MISC 3748", "source"=>"Christopher Edwards", "date"=>"10/11/2004", "price"=>"£DNX", "value"=>"MISC 3748: Christopher Edwards, 10/11/2004"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Holograph poem, \"Written in an alcove at Allerton\" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album."}

keydate

1820

prefercite

{"value"=>"Lucy Aikin manuscript material : 5 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

5 items

date_start

1820

date_end

1846

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