Scope and arrangement
The Felicia Hemans manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection is comprised of writings and correspondence. Among the writings are a number of holograph poems, dramatic fragments, a two-volume commonplace book, and presentation inscriptions. The bulk of the thirty-nine letters are dated between 1821 and 1830 and discuss publishing matters, family and social arrangements, and the production of Hemans's play, Vespers of Palermo. Correspondents include: the writer Maria Jane Jewsbury, the historian Henry Hart Milman, the publisher John Murray, the editor Thomas Roscoe, and over twenty others.
The Felicia Hemans manuscript material is arranged in two series: