Lydia Howard Sigourney manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Lydia Howard Sigourney manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1842 : (BLES 6.461) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Your letter was received with much pleasure, though it grieved me to hear of the severe indisposition with which you had been suffering ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct 1842 : (BLES 6.462) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Accept my thanks for your letter, for your kindness in executing my commission, and for the beautiful gifts you have had the goodness to send me ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Aug 1843 : (BLES 6.463) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"It has recently occurred to me, that a letter addressed to you, several months since, and entrusted to a private opportunity, may not have reached you ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Sep 1845 : (BLES 6.464) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Your last kind letter was truly welcome. It came opportunely, to dispel some dire fears of forgetfulness, which were gathering like chilling mists ...\"; with the excised envelope address panel. -- All letters to Blessington mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Amelia Opie, novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Feb 1841 : (O'ANA 0022) : 1 ¹/₈ pages (single sheet) : from London : begins, \"I had great hope, when I left my native land, that this letter would procure me a personal introduction to you ....\" In the grangerized copy of Brightwell's Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Lydia Howard Sigourney, American poet and author.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1841

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1845

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1841

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5 items

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

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{"value"=>"Lydia Howard Sigourney, American poet and author. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1842 : (BLES 6.461) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Your letter was received with much pleasure, though it grieved me to hear of the severe indisposition with which you had been suffering ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct 1842 : (BLES 6.462) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Accept my thanks for your letter, for your kindness in executing my commission, and for the beautiful gifts you have had the goodness to send me ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Aug 1843 : (BLES 6.463) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"It has recently occurred to me, that a letter addressed to you, several months since, and entrusted to a private opportunity, may not have reached you ....\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Sep 1845 : (BLES 6.464) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Hartford Conn[ecticu]t : begins, \"Your last kind letter was truly welcome. It came opportunely, to dispel some dire fears of forgetfulness, which were gathering like chilling mists ...\"; with the excised envelope address panel. -- All letters to Blessington mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

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1841

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1845

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