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Items Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818

Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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COLLECTION
Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

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SUB-COLLECTION
Series II. Correspondence

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SUB-COLLECTION
To Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist:

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Title
Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818
Additional title: Letter (transcript)
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Addressee)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Scribe)
Collection

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

Series II. Correspondence

To Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist:

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1823 - 1824 (Questionable)
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0108)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MWS 0202)
Genres
Correspondence
transcriptions (documents)
Notes
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 494: volume VI, page 672; Jones 479: volume II, page 34 (original manuscript in the Bodleian)
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Date: Date created: [original date 23 August 1818; transcript date ?1823-1824]
Content: From Venice; begins, "We arrived here last night at twelve o'clock . . . ." Copied in the hand of Mary Shelley. Simultaneously numbered (MWS 0202).
Physical Description
Extent: 3 1/2 pages (double sheet)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17040453
MSS Unit ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1747178
Archives EAD ID: 1715606
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.WW77
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d1a1e170-4619-0134-5d60-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 1823: Created (Approximate)
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1823 - 1824. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903c1349-96e0-ae3e-e040-e00a180674cb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903c1349-96e0-ae3e-e040-e00a180674cb

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1823 - 1824). Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818 Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903c1349-96e0-ae3e-e040-e00a180674cb

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Letter (copy), in the hand of Mary Shelley, to Mary Shelley, 23-24 August 1818