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Additional authors

1. Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872

Found in

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

Description

1. 2 items

Summary

1. · To Horace Mayhew, writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1841] : (MISC 0046) : from Kidwelly, South Wales : begins, "There is a subject for you, I think, in the following circumstance. I have just now opened the Swansea & Carmarthan Line, and the women here wear such high hats that they cannot sit in the carriage ..."; with ink sketches of women in the hats. -- 1 autograph letter signed : "March the somethingth" [no year] : (MISC 0047) : from Putney : begins, "Can you illustrate this? A friend of mine is courting a Scotch lass; she is already wedded to Highland customs ... She has presented him with a genuine Maude, or Scotch Shawl, and insists upon his wearing it ..."; with ink sketches of the shawled gentleman in various predicaments ("in a gale"; "absence of mind").

Subject

1. Moore, George, 1806-1876 -- Correspondence.
2. Businessmen -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
3. Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence.

Genre/Form

1. Drawings.

Call number

1. Pforz MS

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. George Moore, English philanthropist and businessman.

Author

1. Moore, George, 1806-1876.

Access

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

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1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872. Addressee