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Call Number:
MSS 29
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Title(s):
Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
Date:
1810 August 16
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
[70]
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 writes that "Mr. Hall's Book shall have all the help I can give it" and asks to be send two more copies. She also orders a new edition of Brandt's <title render="italic">Popular Superstitions</title> and the <title render="italic">Romance of Sr. Leon.</title> People mentioned: Mr. Hall, Mr. Broster, Brandt and Selina Thackeray.
Physical Description:
2 pages (1 leaf) : 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/2653
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2653?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1