Found 2 collections related to Siddons%2C Harriet%2C 1783-1844

Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others. less

Sarah Siddons, née Kemble, British actress. · To Harriet Siddons, actress (her daughter-in-law) : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Oct 1818 : (MISC 1697) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Durham : begins, "I thank you for your kind letter and am delighted to receive so good an account of your dear self and the darling children ....". less