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Creator
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
5 items
Preferred Citation
Lucy Aikin manuscript material : 5 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Holograph poem, "Written in an alcove at Allerton" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.

Biographical/historical information

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.

Scope and arrangement

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 ...".

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

MISC 3748: Christopher Edwards, 10/11/2004

Using the collection

Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

Access to materials

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