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Autograph manuscript of a diary entry and two prose fragments : [Roe Head, Mirfield], 1836 February 4.

BIB_ID
81554
Accession number
MA 2696.18
Creator
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
Display Date
1836 February 4.
Credit line
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.6 x 11.5 cm
Notes
In a microscopic hand.
Contains prose fragments starting: "Well here I am at Roe Head ..." (p. 1-3); "Now as I have a little bit of time ... I should like to write something" (p. 3); and "Two gentlemen in earnest conversation walking in St. Mary's Grove" (p. 4). The conclusion of the first fragment is dated "Friday afternoon, Feb. 4, 1836."
Written while she was at school at Roe Head, Mirfield.
High reserve.
Provenance
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife, Helen Safford Bonnell.