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Call Number:
MSS 29
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Title(s):
Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
Date:
1795 April 16
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
[1]
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Sent from Streatham Park. Piozzi discusses her return from a journey and the state of affairs at home. People mentioned: the princess and her husband, the king and queen, Mrs. Piozzi’s daughters, Mr. Lloyd of Wygfair, Mrs. Siddons and her baby, Mr. Chappelow, one of Dr. Thackeray’s brothers, Mr. Mostyn, Hamilton, Mrs. Heaton, Miss Ashbourne, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Piozzi.
Physical Description:
4 pages (2 leaves) : autograph letter, signed ; 23 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Authors, English
First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797
Gout
Medicine
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Physicians
Politics and government
Subject Period:
1789-1820
18th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Finding Aid Title:
Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/16.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2581
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2581?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1