Lot Essay
Jane Porter, author of two successful novels Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810).
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JANE PORTER (1776-1850); LADY SYDNEY MORGAN (1783?-1859); LADY BARBARINA DACRE [BRAND] (1768-1854); CAROLINE ELIZABETH NORTON (1808-1877); HANNAH MARY RATHBONE (1798-1878)
A 3-page autograph letter, signed, by Jane Porter, from Dee Side, Chester, February 10th, 1837, to the Revd. C.W. Lawrence of St. Luke's, Liverpool, thanking him for his present of "the sweet little volume of Mrs. Lawrence's 'Recollections of Mrs. Hemans' ... tell her that should I ever visit Liverpool ... I will come to her, as an always deep sympathiser in the poetry of Mrs. Heman; and who I always lament never being in the way of knowing. -- I will come to her, as a favourite of Sir Walter Scott, in my infancy and his own playful youth!" (occasional light spotting). With 6 other letters, 3 by Lady Dacre, the others by Lady Morgan, Hannah Rathbone and Caroline Norton. (7)
A 3-page autograph letter, signed, by Jane Porter, from Dee Side, Chester, February 10th, 1837, to the Revd. C.W. Lawrence of St. Luke's, Liverpool, thanking him for his present of "the sweet little volume of Mrs. Lawrence's 'Recollections of Mrs. Hemans' ... tell her that should I ever visit Liverpool ... I will come to her, as an always deep sympathiser in the poetry of Mrs. Heman; and who I always lament never being in the way of knowing. -- I will come to her, as a favourite of Sir Walter Scott, in my infancy and his own playful youth!" (occasional light spotting). With 6 other letters, 3 by Lady Dacre, the others by Lady Morgan, Hannah Rathbone and Caroline Norton. (7)