BIB_ID
381929
Accession number
MA 35.1-69
Creator
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.
Display Date
1774-1824.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
69 items (181 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
In keeping with the conventions used in the scholarly editions of Burney's correspondence, she is referred to in these records as FB before her marriage and FBA afterwards. Her husband, Alexandre d'Arblay, is referred to as M.d'A.
The custom of naming children after their parents and the frequency of marriages within close familial and social circles created names that can be confusing: for instance, Fanny Burney's sister Esther is referred to in these records as "Esther Burney Burney" because she married her cousin Charles Rousseau Burney. Likewise, her brother James's family contains two Sarahs: his wife Sarah, whose maiden name was Payne and who is therefore referred to in these records as "Sarah Payne Burney," and his daughter Sarah, who married her cousin John Payne and is here referred to as "Sarah Burney Payne."
Additional information about the provenance of the collection is available in the Collection File.
The custom of naming children after their parents and the frequency of marriages within close familial and social circles created names that can be confusing: for instance, Fanny Burney's sister Esther is referred to in these records as "Esther Burney Burney" because she married her cousin Charles Rousseau Burney. Likewise, her brother James's family contains two Sarahs: his wife Sarah, whose maiden name was Payne and who is therefore referred to in these records as "Sarah Payne Burney," and his daughter Sarah, who married her cousin John Payne and is here referred to as "Sarah Burney Payne."
Additional information about the provenance of the collection is available in the Collection File.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905. Originally bound and purchased as part of a 3-volume set; disbound in 1925.
Summary
A collection of 69 autograph letters and manuscripts by Fanny Burney, Alexandre d'Arblay and other family members and associates, written between 1774 and 1824 from London, Paris, Brussels, Bath and several other locations in Great Britain and France: consisting of letters from Fanny Burney and Alexandre d'Arblay to James Burney, letters from Fanny Burney to Sarah Payne Burney (James's wife), letters from Fanny Burney to other family members, letters from friends to Fanny Burney, a page from a draft of her novel Evelina and other manuscript fragments. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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