BIB_ID
413860
Accession number
MA 13988.3
Creator
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859.
Display Date
[1802]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 31.6 x 20.1 cm
Notes
Date of writing suggested from content, De Quincey entered Manchester Grammar School in 1800 and fled after failing to procure his mother's permission to leave the school in 1802.
Addressed, with remains of seal: "Mrs. de Quincey / Post-Office, / Chester / single sheet."
Four pages on a single folded sheet, including address panel and lacking the first portion of the letter; with the first line of the incomplete manuscript reading: "The last of the three advantages which could possible be mentioned in support of your ..."
One of a group of 3 letters written by Thomas De Quincey to his mother, Elizabeth Penson Quincey.
Addressed, with remains of seal: "Mrs. de Quincey / Post-Office, / Chester / single sheet."
Four pages on a single folded sheet, including address panel and lacking the first portion of the letter; with the first line of the incomplete manuscript reading: "The last of the three advantages which could possible be mentioned in support of your ..."
One of a group of 3 letters written by Thomas De Quincey to his mother, Elizabeth Penson Quincey.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Presenting a lengthy and elaborately reasoned argument endeavoring to convince his mother to grant him permission to leave Manchester Grammar School.
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