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Hannah More collection

Description
A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera related to Hannah More. The correspondence includes letters to and from Charles James Hoare and his wife, Jane Isabella Hoare; letters to More's publishers Cadell & Davies; Reverend Renn Dickson Hampden; Selina Macaulay; Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury; Ann Kennicott; Sophia Matilda, Princess of Gloucester; Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay; and James Stephen. The letters discuss the political and religious issues of the day, including the death of Charlotte, Princess of Great Britain and the trial of her mother, Caroline, Queen consort of King George IV; the Catholic Question; abolitionists; spiritual life and religion. The collection also contains two poems by Thomas Macaulay and a black and white print of More's home Barley Wood, with an autograph note by More.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1783-1833
Call number
mssMoreh
Creator
More, Hannah (1745-1833)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
purchased through Maggs Bros., from Sotheby's, lot 541, July 1967.
purchased from Sotheby's, lot 504, December 1967.
Sotheby's, lots 472 and 474, April 1968.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Burgess, Thomas, (1756-1837,)
Hampden, Renn Dickson, (1793-1868,)
Hoare, C. J. (1781-1865,)
Hoare, Jane Isabella, (1793-1874,)
Kennicott, Ann, (-1831,)
Macaulay, Selina, (1767-1831,)
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859,)
Sophia Matilda, (1773-1844,)
Stephen, James, (1758-1832,)
Associated organization
Cadell & Davies,
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