Scope and arrangement
This finding aid for the Jane Porter manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection describes one poem, "To a friend of the Battle of Waterloo," and manuscript letters to various correspondents, including the novelist, Lady Charlotte Bury; the painter, Martin Archer Shee; and over 20 others.
Please note that the Pforzheimer Collection also holds The Jane Porter Papers, a large archival collection made up mostly of letters to Jane Porter and her family, but which also contains over 150 items in Jane Porter's hand. See separate finding aid for description of The Jane Porter Papers.
The Jane Porter manuscript material is arranged in two series: