- Creator
- Reid, Mary, 1768 or 1769-1839
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 2 items
- Preferred Citation
- Mary Reid manuscript material : 2 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
- Location
- Pforz MS
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Using the collection
Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319