Found 3 collections related to Authors' spouses -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence

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

Anne Benson Procter, née Skepper, wife of the poet Bryan Waller Procter ("Barry Cornwall"). · To "Dear Mr. Darwin" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday" [ca. 1850's-early 1860's] : (MISC 0992) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Braemar : begins, "My daughter tells me that you kindly propose coming to see us before your dinner this Evening ...". less

Augusta Trelawny, née Harvey, wife of Edward John Trelawny, the English writer and adventurer. She was previously married to Harry Dent Goring, MP for Shoreham. · To Seymour Stocker Kirkup, painter and antiquarian : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Oct 1852 : (T'ANA 0039) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Cefn Ila, Uske [sic] : begins, "Trelawny has commissioned me just now in a hurry to write to you for him, to say that he yesterday sent a letter enclosing a money order for Zella . . .;" with a pictorial black wax seal. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 July 1853 : (T'ANA 0002) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from (Cefn Ila) Uske [sic], Monmouthshire : begins, "Where will it be best to send Zella's money we have not heard from her . . . .". less