Letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, 9 Craven Hill, Bayswater [London], to [Royal Society of Literature], [London?], 9 September 1845 [manuscript].
1845
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Title
Letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, 9 Craven Hill, Bayswater [London], to [Royal Society of Literature], [London?], 9 September 1845 [manuscript].
Created/published
[ London], 9 September 1845.
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Associated name
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden, 1809-1898, sender.
Royal Society of Literature, addressee.
Royal Society of Literature, addressee.
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Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 271280 (flat)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "Her Shakespeare concordance had been issued in eighteen weekly parts in 1844 and 1845. She writes, regarding the appearance of the concordance in volume form: 'Gentlemen | As the very existence of your Institution [The Royal Society of Literature?] proclaims your desire for the encouragement of Literature, I venture to claim your attention to the enclosed Prospectus of a work undertaken in honour of the greatest genius that ever lived - Shakespeare; and I shall feel proud to place the name of your Institution on my list of Subscribers. | Permit me to subscribe myself | Your obedt. servt. | Mary Cowden Clarke'."|Ordered from Richard Ford, D 9329, 2019-07-25, Email quote.