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Creator
Swift, Elizabeth Shewell, 1796 or 1797-1872
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
2 items
Preferred Citation
Elizabeth Shewell Swift manuscript material, 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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Elizabeth Shewell Swift, née Lorrain, minor American poet. · To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and critic (her cousin) : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Apr 1858 : (H'ANA 0038) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Easton : begins, "It seems a very long period since a letter has been received from you ...".

Scope and arrangement

· To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and critic (her cousin) : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Apr 1858 : (H'ANA 0038) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Easton : begins, "It seems a very long period since a letter has been received from you ...".

· To "My dear Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Feb 1851 : (H'ANA 0037) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I received your kind letter and it gave much pleasure to Dr. Swift and myself." With much on Leigh Hunt, including, "... only through his works have I known my cousin Leigh ...".

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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

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