Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell letter to Ellen Nussey, [1855] July 27

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Summary

Creator:
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Abstract:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was a novelist and short-story writer. Collection contains a letter Elizabeth Gaskell wrote to Ellen Nussey on [1855] July 27 regarding her work on her biography of Charlotte Brontë, and making arrangements to meet with Nussey to review any letters "which you may think it right to entrust me with." She refers to having already reviewed letters held by Mr. Nichols, Brontë's husband, but never mentions Brontë by name.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)
Language:
Materials in English
Research Center:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Collection ID:
RL.11549

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a letter Elizabeth Gaskell wrote to Ellen Nussey on [1855] July 27 regarding her work on her biography of Charlotte Brontë, and making arrangements to meet with Nussey to review any letters "which you may think it right to entrust me with." She refers to having already reviewed letters held by Mr. Nichols, Brontë's husband, but never mentions Brontë by name.

Biographical / historical:

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was a novelist and short-story writer, born on 29 September 1810 in Chelsea, London; she died of a heart attack in Hampshire on 12 November 1865.

Acquisition information:
The Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Letter to Ellen Nussey was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, May, 2015

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0050-LUBMSS219

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