Correspondence between BRP and George Eliot and related items, 1852 - 1885
Scope and Contents
Includes the following: photocopy of letter from BRP to GE, Lowestoft, 17 Aug. 1859, in which BRP congratulates GE on Adam Bede (item 140); details of copies of letters from GE to BRP (item 141); typescript copies of letters from GE to BRP, 1852-1880 (items 142-182 - GE comments on The Waverley Journal in items 165 and 166, and she declines to write for the English Woman's Journal and gives her advice in items 167-169); undated copies of letters from GE to BRP (items 183-193); 2 copies of a letter from C N Lewis to BRP, 6 Dec 1878 (item 194); copies of letters from J W Cross to BRP, 23 Dec 1880 and 24 Feb 1885 (items 195-196 - the former concerns GE's death); copies of letters from GE to Barbara Bodichon, 1853 and 1856 (items 197-198); and page of extracts from GE's diary and letters to Sara Hennell - all concerning BRP (item 199).
Dates
- Creation: 1852 - 1885
Creator
- From the Sub-Fonds: Jameson, Anna Brownell, 1794 - 1860 (nee Murphy, writer and art historian) (Person)
Extent
60 item(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Original of 1859 letter held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Library
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2001-10-22 10:29:21+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
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