BIB_ID
129408
Accession number
MA 2572.1-3
Creator
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.
Display Date
1782-1786.
Credit line
Purchased, 1967.
Description
3 items (7 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
The letters are docketed and numbered: no. 1, no. 20, no. 21.
The year of writing is given on the first letter, though it may be in Denman's hand rather than Barbauld's. The following two letters do not have a year of writing, but Barbauld's description of Thomas Denman in them is of a very young child. Also, since Denman left Barbauld's school at the age of seven to attend Dr. Thompson's in Kensington, the second two letters must have been written between 1783 and 1786.
The year of writing is given on the first letter, though it may be in Denman's hand rather than Barbauld's. The following two letters do not have a year of writing, but Barbauld's description of Thomas Denman in them is of a very young child. Also, since Denman left Barbauld's school at the age of seven to attend Dr. Thompson's in Kensington, the second two letters must have been written between 1783 and 1786.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer Maggs, October 1967.
Summary
A collection of 3 autograph letters signed, to Elizabeth Denman; written between 1782 and 1786 from Palgrave, Suffolk; concerning the education and health of her son, Thomas, who was a pupil at Mrs. Barbauld's school. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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