BIB_ID
287742
Accession number
MA 225.1-34
Display Date
1797-1868 and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
34 items, unbound ; size varies
Notes
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Provenance
The bulk of the collection was purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer J. Sabin in 1907; some items were added to the collection later.
Summary
Collection consists of 3 manuscript poems in the autograph of Charles Lamb (MA 225.1-2, 19); 12 autograph letters from Charles Lamb to various recipients including William Hazlitt, Robert Southey and Sarah Stoddart; 8 autograph letters from Mary Lamb primarily to Sarah Stoddart; and 4 letters concerning the Lambs. Charles Lamb's letters discuss his writings, acquaintances (especially Coleridge), and family (especially his and Mary's adopted daughter Emma Isola). Mary Lamb's letters discuss Sarah Stoddart's family and love life and frequently allude to her own bouts of depression and mental illness. Letters and manuscripts in the collection are described in 27 individual catalog records (MA 225.1-27). With 7 engraved portraits of Charles Lamb.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.8 cm)
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