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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
We wove a web in childhood
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
A collection of letters and manuscripts written by Charlotte Brontë. The manuscripts include both bound and unbound prose and verse; some of which are written in the minute hand which she often used. The majority of the letters are written to her friend Ellen Nussey, along with a small group of letters to her mentor, William Smith Williams, and one letter to her biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell.
HM 2578
Manuscripts
Printed in the minute hand of the author. Contents: A peep into a picture book. ; A day abroad in four chapters. ; Stanzas on the fate of Henry Percy. Included with the manuscript is a partial transcript.
mssHM 2577
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A signed, autograph manuscript written in New York. Inscription on title page in the hand of Annie Fields "To James T. Fields from T. B. Aldrich, author;" on front cover "From the Collection of Mrs. James T. Fields." Volume also includes printed version of the manuscript and a black and white engraving of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. First printed in "The Atlantic Monthly," June 1862.
mssHM 13122
Manuscripts
Holographic manuscript; written on the death of her sister Anne.
mssHM 2575
Manuscripts
Holographic manuscript; written on the death of her sister Emily.
mssHM 2574
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Includes two versions: an autograph manuscript signed, 34 pages, and a corrected copy with additions and corrections in the hand of the author, 29 pages.
mssHM 12794