Research Catalog

Title

Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823

Author

Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825.

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Additional Authors

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

2 items

Subjects

• Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842
• Diarists > Scotland > 19th century > Correspondence
• Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life.

Call Number

Pforz MS

Author

Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825.

Title

Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823

Summary

· To Jane Porter, novelist : 2 autograph letters signed ; 28 Jan 1823 (MISC 2617) and 7 Feb 1823 (MISC 2618), both on Porter's efforts to have her brother, Robert Ker Porter, appointed ambassador to Persia.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life.

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Added Author

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS