Found 15 collections related to Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

Mary Reid, sister of John Reid, the English physician. "Miss Mary Reid was a literary lady and was spoken of as a blue stocking ... [s]he was a keen politician of the Foxite school ..." -- R. Reid. Old Glasgow and its environs. Glasgow: Robertson, 1864: p. 54. · To Mary Hays, writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Jan 1796 : (MISC 2191) : 1 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Guilford street : begins, "As I do not wish to awaken feelings of disgust horror by appearing before you with a black eye bruised protuberant forehead, i must relinquish the pleasure of calling on you this morning ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1808 : (MISC 2192) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Lester : begins, "As my brother is going to Town, I gladly avail myself of the opportunity of writing a few lines just to inquire how you do ..." -- Both letters published in Marilyn Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays, p. 504-506. less

Anne Plumptre, English writer and translator. · To Mary Hays, writer : 1 autograph letter [signature excised] : 28 Mar 1798 : (MISC 2193) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "We all regretted very much that we could not have the pleasure of your company yesterday ..."; with the missing closing an dsignature transcribed in another hand on page 3 of the folded lettersheet. Published in full in Marilyn Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays, p. 317. less

Charlotte Smith (née Turner), English poet and novelist. · To Cadell Davies, publishers : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Aug 1794 : (MISC 4406) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I went yesterday to Bristol Hot-wells, and pack'd up the two first dialogues of 'Rural Walks' . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Nov 1794 : (MISC 4407) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 6 Seymour Street, Bath : begins, "I have the Rhumatism so much in my hands, that it is with great difficulty I write this . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jan [1796] : (MISC 4408) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I send you the close of Dialogue the 5th which I have written so closely on purpose to save carriage . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Dec [1797?] : (MISC 4409) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I have to day re[ceive]d a letter from Mr. Hayley, highly approving of the first part of 'the Young Philosopher' . . . ." -- Autograph signature on receipt : 31 Jan 1798 : (MISC 4410) : 1 page (partial sheet) : from London : for £18.13.2, the sum received on her account from Messrs. Daniel, "for her mother." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 May 1798 : (MISC 4411) : [no place] : 4 ¹/₂ pages (1 single sheet, 1 double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "The letter you some days since were so obliging as to forward to me was from Mr. Walker of Dublin . . . .". less

A. Smyth, Irish friend and correspondent of Mary Hays, the English writer. · To Mary Hays, writer : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Nov 1817 : (MISC 2195) : 3 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "With heart felt pleasure did I receive the account of your present situation ond future prospects. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jan 1818 : (MISC 2196) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] "Direct to Dean Scott's Balleen, Lismore Ireland" : begins, "I should not have suffered you to remain so long without hearing from me ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 May 1819 : (MISC 2197) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] "Direct to No. 2 Queen Square, Bath" : begins, "After traversing Ireland for some months past I have now returned to England but without intending to make it my home ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Feb 1820 : (MISC 2198) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from No. 3 Montpellier, Bath : begins, "I have remained at Bath ever since I wrote ..." All four letters are published in full in Marilyn Brooks's edition of Mary Hays's letters. less

Catherine Hutton, English novelist and letter-writer. · To Mr. James Belcher : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Apr 1822 : (MISC 2558) : upon his having sent her a book about English queens; mentioning her own book on the subject (unpublished in her lifetime); discussing Mary Hays's Female Biography, with comments on Lucy Aikin and Mrs. Blair. less

Joanna Dunkin, née Hays, sister of writer Mary Hays. To Mary Hays, writer (her sister) : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1805 : (MISC 2174) : begins, "I was sorry to hear from Nancy that you was involved in domestic troubles ..." ; published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's edition of Hays's letters, p. 486. less

Holograph verse, "An epigramatic [sic] verse on a political writer of the day" : 11 Apr [no year] : (MISC 4023) 01b : 4 lines referring to Burke and Cooper, signed on verso with letter fragment. Title provided in another hand. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. less

John Prior Estlin, English Unitarian minister. Among his many friends he counted Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and Anna Letitia Barbauld. To Mary Hays, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Dec 1814 : (MISC 2173) : begins, "I delayed answering your very kind letter to Mrs. Estlin until this morning ...". less

John Dunkin, brother-in-law of writer Mary Hays. He was married to Hays's sister Joanna, who died in 1805. To Mary Hays, writer : 5 autograph letters signed : 1807-1822 : (MISC 2175) (MISC 2284-2287) : on various subjects, including religion and matters of family interest. Published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays. less

Mary I. Brown is the daughter of the Rev. Robert Robinson (1735-1790), wife of Samuel Brown, wine-merchant, and sister of Ann Robinson, who was also a friend and correspondenct of Mary Hays. To Mary Hays, novelist : 2 autograph letters signed : 17 May 1791 (MISC 2162) and 18 Nov 1808 (MISC 2163). Both of these letters are published in: The correspondence of Mary Hays (2004), edited by Marilyn L. Brooks. less