BIB_ID
455607
Accession number
MA 23934.2
Creator
Turner, Catherine.
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2025.
Description
1 item (7 pages) ; 21 x 13.3 cm
Notes
Written from Park Terrace.
Acquired with another letter from Catherine Turner to Maria Weston Chapman, cataloged separately as MA 23934.1.
Acquired with another letter from Catherine Turner to Maria Weston Chapman, cataloged separately as MA 23934.1.
Provenance
Purchased from Between the Covers, #519504, April 2025.
Summary
Writing to Chapman about her reactions to the numerous "Reviews & private opinions" regarding Harriet Martineau's autobiography; defending the book for its honesty; referring to Martineau's brother James and his character; saying that she used part of the legacy Martineau left her to pay for medical treatment for the "good 'Martha'"; mentioning that she is going to Grasmere in August with her niece; commenting further on reviews of the autobiography and saying "I do wish that someone of large philosophical mind may by & by write a Review"; mentioning family news; writing of her close friendship with Martineau and speculating on the results of "spectral analysis [...] applied to my mental condition past & present"; asking about Mr. [Henry George] Atkinson.
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