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Letter from Maria Edgeworth, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1822 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
196280
Accession number
MA 14218
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1822.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.6 x 13.1 cm
Notes
Written from: 8 Holles Street.
Related correspondence suggests that Maria Edgewrth resided at 8 Holles Street during her stay in London in the spring of 1822; Edgeworth appears to have previously made the acquaintance of Mary Somerville in January of that year. Cf. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, volume 2 (London, Edward Arnold, 1894).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Requesting to be allowed admission to unspecified premises in the company of "your friend and my friend Mrs. [Mary] Somerville".