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Call Number:
MSS 29
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Title(s):
Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
Date:
1807 February 17
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
[34]
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
Piozzi discusses the return of Mr. Piozzi's gout, which is now mending. She discusses the death of a lady as a "consequence of being quacked and magnetized" and wishes for medical reform. Piozzi also mentioned Mostyn's continued ill health, which she thinks might improve if he were less worried about it. Stocks are rising, and Piozzi predicts that Britain will soon control all of South America. People mentioned: Mr. Piozzi, Dr. Parry, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Cam, Mrs. Siddons, "the prettiest lady we boasted at Bath," Mostyn, Mr. Tay[cut off] and Mrs. Thackeray.
Physical Description:
4 pages (2 leaves) : autograph letter, signed ; 23 x 20 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, Gabriele Mario, 1740-1809
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/2616
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2616?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1