archives.nypl.org -- Amelia Opie manuscript material (original) (raw)

Creator

Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

Call number

Pforz MS

Physical description

205 items

Preferred Citation

Amelia Opie manuscript material : 205 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library

Repository

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Access to materials

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Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. The Amelia Opie manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include: a holograph story, "The Brithday," and a number of holograph poems. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1828-1845. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Inchbald, the writer and actress; James Montgomery, the hymn writer and poet; Jane Porter, the novelist; Robert Southey, the poet, and over thirty others. The artwork consists of over one hundred thirty pencil portraits of friends and relatives, most of whom remain unidentified.