Manuscripts

Margaret Thompson letter to unidentified recipient

Description: Letter is addressed to My dear Sir.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1830 August 3
Call number: mssOpie
Creator: Opie, Amelia (1769-1853)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2021. Amelia Opie bequeathed her manuscripts to her friend Thomas Brightwell. The material later came into the possession of Ethel I. Carr, who was related to Amelia Opie via the Briggs family; Eliza Alderson Briggs and her husband, Henry Perronet Briggs were cousins of Opie. It was through their daughter Eliza, who had married the Rev. J. H. Carr, that the papers came into the Carr family, and thus to Ethel I. Carr. Upon Ethel's death in 1953, the material passed to her nephew who put them up for sale at Sotheby's.
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Briggs, Catharina M. (1792-1844.); Briggs, Elizabeth Alderson. (1796-1889.); Briggs, Henry Perronet, (1775-1839.); Carr, Hilda Mary.; Carr, James Haslewood.; Denny, Edward,; Smith, James,
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Margaret Thompson letter to unidentified recipient

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