Finding Aid to the Hannah More Collection MS.1997.009

Correspondence Series 1. 1770-1830

Outgoing Correspondence: Acland, Thomas Dyke, Sir, 1787-1871 1815-1828

Box 4, Folder 1

HM to Sir Thomas D. Acland, 1815 March 27

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Severe tear across first page. Refers to Bonaparte. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004). Dated as March 29 in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 65.

Box 4, Folder 2

HM to Sir Thomas D. Acland, 1826 January 9

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Mentions the deaths of a few friends, and includes complaints about work. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 3

HM to Sir Thomas D. Acland, probably 1828

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete fragment. Undated but postmarked 1828 September 3. Mentions HM's diminished need for servants, departure from Barley Wood to a townhouse in Bristol. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Outgoing Correspondence: A-C

Box 2, Folder 87

HM to Bowdler, John, 1746-1823 1802 June 17

Physical Description: Copy by HM of a 20 page letter regarding the Blagdon Controversy. Signed H.M. Letter stitched together. Tipped in: Cutting from a bookseller's catalog, regarding the Blagdon Controversy. 4 undated pages by HM, titled "Extracts from another Letter of Mine," are inserted at the end of the 20 page letter.

Box 4, Folder 11

HM to Bulgin, Mr. probably 1818

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Letter to her business representative. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 68

HM to Coleman, Rev. probably 1810 October 20

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More. Purchase, 2007(MS.2007.021).

Box 4, Folder 12

HM to Cottle, Joseph, 1770-1853 1812 or 1823

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Letter refers to business matters. Tipped onto brown paper with black border. Undated, but notation signed "RC" and dated 1840 February 26 reads, "I observe this note of Hannah More is without a date, but I guess it was written about the year 1812." However, letter is watermarked 1823 (dated as 1827 in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 66). Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 13

HM to Cottle, Joseph, 1770-1853 undated

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More. White border, with notation by Joseph Cottle regarding HM's autograph. Letter refers to the review of the works of two well-known divines of the time. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Incoming Correspondence: A-C

Box 3, Folder 17

Bowdler, H. M. (Henrietta Maria) 1750-1830 to HM 1815 February 14

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed HM Bowdler.

Outgoing Correspondence: Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802; Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836; and Davies, William, -1820, approximately 1778-1822

Biographical Note

Thomas Cadell and William Davies were Hannah More's publishers.

Box 4, Folder 4

HM to Thomas Cadell (1742-1802) probably 1778

Physical Description: 1 page, fragment. Letter regarding attendance at her play (possibly Percy). Addressed from Hampton, David Garrick's residence. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 5

HM to Cadell & Davies probably 1801

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Refers to the Blagdon Controversy. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 6

HM to Cadell & Davies 1804 November 1

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Refers to "Hints on the education of a princess, etc." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 7

HM to Cadell & Davies 1819

Physical Description: 3 pages. Refers to "Moral Sketches," lists about 60 recipients of presentation copies. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 8

HM to Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) 1820 December 4

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 9

HM to Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) probably 1821

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Refers to "Bible Rhymes." Possibly written to Cadell and Hatchard & Son. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 10

HM to Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) 1822

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Mentions several of her works. Notation (probably by Cadell) says this letter was read and answered on 1822 July 16. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Outgoing Correspondence: D-F

Box 4, Folder 30

HM to Eardley-Wilmot, John, 1750-1815 1793 July 18

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed Hannah More. Letter was probably written to John Wilmot, and refers to enclosed contribution to emigrant French clergy. The contribution was from the profits of her pamphlet "Remarks on the Speech of M. Dupont." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 14

HM to the Miss Fords 1830

Physical Description: 1 page, signed Hannah More. Invitation to visit HM at Clifton. Notation by Miss Ford indicating the results of the visit, and stating that HM believed "she was not likely to live long." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 15

HM to Forester?, Robert 1806 or 1809 January 25

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. White border. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 16

HM to Frowd, John 1809 April 5

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More. Refers to "Coelebs."

Outgoing Correspondence: G-J

Box 4, Folder 17

HM to Harford, John S. (John Scandrett), 1785-1866, probably 1815

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Invitation to Mr. Harford to speak at the Wrington Bible Meeting. Purchase, 1997(MS.1997.009).

Box 4, Folder 58

HM to Herne, Mrs. 1809 June 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Postmarked 1809. Discusses More's health, the status of her schools, and "Coelebs in Search of a Wife." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 18

HM to Jones, Mrs. probably 1822

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Notation reads "recvd in winter 1822," signed S. Selena Jones. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Incoming Correspondence: G-J

Box 3, Folder 18

Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851 to HM 1818 August 3

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed T. H. Gallaudet. Listed in Women, Morality, & Advice Literature, page 62, as "1810. 3 August. From T H Gallander (?) of Hartford, Conneticut."

Box 4, Folder 35

Garrick, David, 1717-1779 to HM 1774

Physical Description: 1 page appointment card. Notation by HM reads, "1774 'twas the first!," referring to their first encounter. Originally mounted in Book of Fame (f MS.1996.005). Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 19

Huber, L? to HM probably after 1814

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed L. Huber.

Outgoing Correspondence: Holroyd, Sarah Martha 1806-1815

Box 2, Folder 1

HM to S.A. Holroyd 1806 July 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, with a possible related 2 pages defective and cut away. Signed HM in pencil.

Box 2, Folder 2

HM to S.A. Holroyd probably 1807 September 28

Physical Description: 4 pages.

Box 2, Folder 3

HM to S.A. Holroyd 1809 November 11

Physical Description: 5 pages, all edges gilt. Signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 4

HM to S.A. Holroyd 1811 May 10

Physical Description: 2 pages, incomplete. Signed H. More. Attached to letter from HM to Mrs. Holroyd, dated 1811 or 1813 October 15.

Box 2, Folder 4

HM to S.A. Holroyd 1811 or 1813 October 15

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Attached to letter from HM to Mrs. Holroyd, dated 1811 May 10.

Box 2, Folder 5

HM to S.A. Holroyd probably 1814 February 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 6

HM to S.A. Holroyd probably 1815 March 8

Physical Description: 3 pages, torn. Signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 7

HM to S.A. Holroyd probably 1815 June 30

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Date of 1813 crossed out on last page.

Outgoing Correspondence: Huber, Francois, 1750-1831 and Lullin, Marie-Aimee (Mrs. Huber) approximately 1809-1827

Box 2, Folder 8

HM to Mr. Huber 1809 February 23

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM. Franked. Concerns the publishing of 'Coelebs.'

Box 2, Folder 9

HM to Mr. Huber 1812 October 28

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 10

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1815

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Box 2, Folder 11

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1817 June 4

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 12

HM to Mrs. Huber probably 1818 May 28

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 13

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber probably 1819 November 18

Physical Description: 7 pages, black borders. Signed H. More. Refers to the death of Patty More, 1819.

Box 2, Folder 14

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1820 January 11

Physical Description: 5 pages. Notation written by HM stating this letter is a copy of one that was given to Mr. and Mrs. Huber.

Box 2, Folder 15

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1820 July 9

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More. Franked. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 16

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1821 March 31

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 17

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1823 January 24

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 18

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber 1827

Physical Description: 4 pages, extremely fragile and torn. Edges crumbling. 19th century manuscript note regarding publication tipped in. Postmarked 1827. Signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 19

HM to Mr. and Mrs. Huber? undated

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete. Addressed to "My dear Friends." Notation in pencil reads "(to? Hubers)." Letter probably dates to 1820.

Outgoing Correspondence: Kennicott, Ann, -1831 1777-1817

Biographical Note

Ann Kennicott was the wife of Benjamin Kennicott, the Hebrew scholar. After her marriage, she learned Hebrew in order to assist her husband. She outlived her husband by many years, and she and Hannah More maintained a close correspondence throughout her life.

Box 1, Folder 1

HM to A. Kennicott 1777 August 19

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1781 June 15

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1782 April 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More in pencil. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1782 June 25

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1782 August 17

Physical Description: 4 pages. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1782 October 10

Physical Description: 8 pages, signed H. More. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1783 April 22

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1783 May 20

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1783 January or April 26

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Letter inscribed with two dates, January 26, as well as "April," which is crossed out. Reference to Sir William Jones' marriage suggest April is the correct date. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1783 October 4

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H.M. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1783 "I don't know the day of the month"

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1784 June 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott 1784

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Franked. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1785 April 1

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More. Dated 1785, as well as 1783 in a different hand. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 2

HM to A. Kennicott? probably 1786 April 19

Physical Description: 6 pages, possibly incomplete. Signed HM in pencil. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1787 July 8

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Three different inscriptions date letter to either 1786, 1787 or 1788. Most accurately dated to 1787, based on reference to Bishop Porteous (consecrated Bishop of London in 1787). Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items.

Box 1, Folder 3

HM to A. Kennicott 1793 February 4

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM in pencil.

Box 1, Folder 4

HM to A. Kennicott 1793 July 18

Physical Description: Franked. 7 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 5

HM to A. Kennicott 1793 November 18

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete. Signed HM in pencil.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1797 December 25

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Notation dates letter to 1789, but more accurately dated to 1797 or later (based on reference to Wilberforce). Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items.

Box 1, Folder 6

HM to A. Kennicott? 1800 or 1802 June 2

Physical Description: 4 pages. Signed H. More. Notation written in pencil dates letter to 1800, but probably dates to 1802 based on internal references.

Box 1, Folder 7

HM to A. Kennicott 1801 April 10

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 8

HM to A. Kennicott 1805 January 11

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 9

HM to A. Kennicott 1808 January 12

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 10

HM to A. Kennicott 1808 November 25

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 11

HM to A. Kennicott 1809 February 20

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 12

HM to A. Kennicott 1809 July 21

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 13

HM to A. Kennicott probabyly 1810 July 22

Physical Description: 4 pages. Signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 14

HM to A. Kennicott 1810 November 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 15

HM to A. Kennicott 1811 January 30

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed [HM] with enclosure.

Box 1, Folder 16

HM to A. Kennicott 1812 June 10

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 17

HM to A. Kennicott probably 1815

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. References to the Emperor of Russia's visit.

Box 1, Folder 18

HM to A. Kennicott 1816 December 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 19

HM to A. Kennicott 1817 April 18

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 1, Folder 20

HM to A. Kennicott 1817 December 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Outgoing Correspondence: Kennicott, Ann, -1831 1777-approximately 1815

Box 1, Folder 21

A. Kennicott to HM 1777 or 1814 January 4

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Letter originally thought to be dated 1777. However, the letter possibly refers to the War of 1812, dating the letter to 1814, possibly 1813.

Box 1, Folder 22

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1779 January 20

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Probably dated 1779, when HM began living with Mrs. Garrick. Letter addressed to Miss H. More and Mrs. Garrick's.

Box 1, Folder 23

A. Kennicott to HM 1779 February 9

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 24

A. Kennicott to HM 1781 August 2

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 25

A. Kennicott to HM 1783 December 1

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 26

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1783

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed AK. Dated to 1783 based on reference to the death of her husband, Dr. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 27

A. Kennicott to HM 1784 February 7

Physical Description: 6 pages, 2 pages cut away and further defective pages. Notation of either January 18th or June 18th is crossed out. Signed AK. Letter stitched together.

Box 1, Folder 28

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1784-1802

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete. Signed A. Kennicott. Estimated dates based on reference to Cowslip Green.

Box 1, Folder 29

A. Kennicott to HM 1790 January 14

Physical Description: 2 pages incomplete with defective pieces attached. Signed A. Kennicott. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from A. Kennicott to HM, dated 1790 July 19.

Box 1, Folder 29

A. Kennicott to HM 1790 July 19

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from A. Kennicott to HM, dated 1790 January 14.

Box 1, Folder 30

A. Kennicott to HM 1790 March 1

Physical Description: 3 pages. Signed A. Kennicott. Date of 1787 is crossed out.

Box 1, Folder 31

A. Kennicott to HM 1791 September 26

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from Mrs Kennicott to HM, dated probably 1795 November 2.

Box 1, Folder 32

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1792 August 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Dated based on several internal references.

Box 1, Folder 31

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1795 November 2

Physical Description: 2 pages incomplete. Original date is crossed out. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from Mrs Kennicott to HM, dated 1791 September 26.

Box 1, Folder 33

A. Kennicott to HM 1807 June 3

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 34

A. Kennicott to HM 1807 July 6

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 35

A. Kennicott to HM 1808 January 26

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Newspaper clipping about Dr. Barrington, Bishop of Durham, down on final page.

Box 1, Folder 36

A. Kennicott to HM 1808 or 1809 September 6

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 37

A. Kennicott to HM 1809 January 12

Physical Description: 3 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 38

A. Kennicott to HM 1809 March 25

Physical Description: Franked. 3 pages on lined paper, slightly defective. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 39

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1810 November 15

Physical Description: 4 pages, 2 cut away. Signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 40

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1810

Physical Description: 2 pages incomplete. Signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 41

A. Kennicott to HM 1811 February 27

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 42

A. Kennicott to HM 1811 March 27

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 43

A. Kennicott to HM probably 1811 April 27

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete. Dated based on reference to 'Practical Piety'. Also refers to 'Cheap Repository Tracts'. Listed in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 63, as "[nd]. 'Respected Madam'." Letter is now attributed to A. Kennicott based on handwriting.

Box 1, Folder 44

A. Kennicott to HM 1811 April 29

Physical Description: Franked. 1 page, incomplete. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 45

A. Kennicott to HM 1812 December 16

Physical Description: 4 pages. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 46

A. Kennicott to HM 1813 June 7

Physical Description: 3 pages, franked.

Box 1, Folder 47

A. Kennicott to HM 1814 January 28

Physical Description: 3 pages, torn. Signed A. Kennicott. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from Mrs Kennicott to HM, dated 1814 February 25.

Box 1, Folder 47

A. Kennicott to HM 1814 February 25

Physical Description: 4 pages (final defective). Signed AK. Letter stitched together. Attached to letter from Mrs Kennicott to HM, dated 1814 January 28.

Box 1, Folder 48

A. Kennicott to HM 1814 October 2

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 49

A. Kennicott to HM 1815 April 1

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 50

A. Kennicott to HM 1815 April 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Notation in pencil dates letter to 1825, but probably dates to 1815. The letter describes the last will of Mrs. Porteus, whose recent death is discussed in a letter from A. Kennicott to HM, dated 1815 April 1.

Box 1, Folder 51

A. Kennicott to HM undated January

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 52

A. Kennicott to HM undated January 2

Physical Description: 4 pages, unfinished.

Box 1, Folder 53

A. Kennicott to HM undated February 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 54

A. Kennicott to HM undated February 8

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 55

A. Kennicott to HM undated February 11

Physical Description: 4 pages, unfinished.

Box 1, Folder 56

A. Kennicott to HM undated February 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 57

A. Kennicott to HM undated February 15

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper. Signed A. Kennicott. Discusses the Blagdon Controversy.

Box 1, Folder 58

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 5

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 59

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 12

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 60

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 16

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 61

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 17

Physical Description: 3 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 62

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 20

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 63

A. Kennicott to HM undated March 26

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, unfinished.

Box 1, Folder 64

A. Kennicott to HM undated April 3

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 65

A. Kennicott to HM undated April 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 66

A. Kennicott to HM undated April 8

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Dated probably before 1808, based on reference to Bishop Porteus (who died in 1808).

Box 1, Folder 67

A. Kennicott to HM undated April 10

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Edges torn and crumbling.

Box 1, Folder 68

A. Kennicott to HM undated May 1

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Dates to probably 1813, based on reference to the death of one of Hannah More's sisters (Mary More died 1813 April 18).

Box 1, Folder 69

A. Kennicott to HM undated May 7

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 70

A. Kennicott to HM undated May 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 71

A. Kennicott to HM undated June 6

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 72

A. Kennicott to HM undated June 8

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 73

A. Kennicott to HM undated June 12

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 74

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 7

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 75

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 76

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 13

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 77

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 14

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 78

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 15

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 79

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 80

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 30

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 81

A. Kennicott to HM undated July 31

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 82

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 12

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 83

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 16

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete. Signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 84

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 17

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 85

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 23

Physical Description: 6 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 86

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 23

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 87

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 88

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 29

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete. Refers to the "milk woman," the poet Ann Yearsley. Dated probably 1784 based on this reference. Listed in Women, Morality, and Advice Literature, page 58, as "29 September. To: [?] 4 leaves incomplete. Copy by HM? incomplete. Concerns the milk woman." The letter is written to HM, and is attributed to A. Kennicott based on the handwriting.

Box 1, Folder 89

A. Kennicott to HM undated September 30

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 90

A. Kennicott to HM undated October 1

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Edges torn and crumbling.

Box 1, Folder 91

A. Kennicott to HM undated October 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 92

A. Kennicott to HM undated October 12

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 93

A. Kennicott to HM undated October 25

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 94

A. Kennicott to HM undated November 16

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 95

A. Kennicott to HM undated November 24

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 96

A. Kennicott to HM undated November 27

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 97

A. Kennicott to HM undated December 1

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 98

A. Kennicott to HM undated December 10

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed AK.

Box 1, Folder 99

A. Kennicott to HM undated December 15

Physical Description: 3 pages on lined paper, signed A. Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 100

A. Kennicott to HM undated December 26

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed by Ann Kennicott.

Box 1, Folder 101

A. Kennicott to HM undated

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed A. Kennicott. Kennicott states "...I have sent my stays to the mantua-makers, and I expect to be quite in shape when my gown is made to fit them..."

Box 1, Folder 102

A. Kennicott, "Of Visits" undated

Physical Description: 4 pages, possibly incomplete. A list of 7 points enumerating the benefits of social visits, followed by a list of 3 points warning against "the things to be guarded against" in regards to social visits.

Outgoing Correspondence: Knox, Alexander, 1757-1831 approximately 1802-1806

Biographical Note

Alexander Knox was an Irish theological writer and friend of Hannah More.

Box 2, Folder 20

HM to A. Knox probably 1802 or 1805

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 21

HM to A. Knox probably 1805 February 21

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 22

HM to A. Knox probably 1805 April 19

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 23

HM to A. Knox 1806 January 6

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Notation in pencil reads "Hints to Princess." Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 24

HM to A. Knox 1806 May 10

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 25

HM to A. Knox probably 1806

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Newspaper clipping about Knox laid down on the last page. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 26

HM to A. Knox undated September 19

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Outgoing Correspondence: K-M

Box 2, Folder 89

HM to Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783, probably 1797 January 30

Physical Description: 4 pages mutilated. Date on letter reads 1796, but reference to the birth of H. Thornton's daughter dates letter to 1797. Listed in Women, Morality, & Advice Literature, page 52, as "[1796]. 30 January. To: [Mr Kennicott]." However, notation in pencil attributes the letter as written to "Mr. Macaulay."

Box 2, Folder 88

HM to La Touche, Mrs. 1801 December 1

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Refers to school management.

Box 4, Folder 19

HM to Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819 1801 or 1802

Physical Description: 1 page invitation to tea. Bookseller's description laid down at bottom of the invitation. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 2, Folder 90

HM to Macaulay, Selina, -1831 1819 October 23

Physical Description: 3 pages, in black border. Franked. Signed H. More. Listed in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 57, as "1819. 23 October- franked in black border. To: [Mrs Walmsley]." However, the letter is addressed to "Mrs. Macaulay" in HM's handwriting.

Box 2, Folder 91

HM to Macaulay, Selina, -1831 probably 1819

Physical Description: 4 pages, black border. Signed H. More.

Outgoing Correspondence: Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838 approximately 1796-1827

Biographical Note

Zachary Macaulay was a life-long abolitionist, and a close friend of Hannah More, who shared his anti-slavery sentiments. His son, Thomas Babington Macaulay, the historian and essayist, was Hannah More's godson.

Box 2, Folder 27

HM to Z. Macaulay 1796 January 14

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 28

HM to Z. Macaulay 1797 September 8

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 29

HM to Z. Macaulay 1808 June 28

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 30

HM to Z. Macaulay 1809 June 9

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 31

HM to Z. Macaulay 1810 April 5

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 32

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1811 July 8

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 33

HM to Z. Macaulay 1811

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 34

HM to Z. Macaulay 1812 September 21

Physical Description: 2 pages, H. More.

Box 2, Folder 35

HM to Z. Macaulay 1812 November 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 36

HM to Z. Macaulay 1813 August 14

Physical Description: Franked. 4 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 37

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1814 January 15

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 38

HM to Z. Macaulay 1814 December 21

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 39

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1815 February 4

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 40

HM to Z. Macaulay 1815 April 15

Physical Description: Franked. 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 41

HM to Z. Macaulay 1815 May 6

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 42

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1815 October 15

Physical Description: 3 leaves, mutilated.

Box 2, Folder 43

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1817 March 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 44

HM to Z. Macaulay 1817 May 17

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Notation in pencil (possibly by W. Roberts) dates letter to 1815, but letter is franked 1817. Relates to the death of Sarah ("Sally") More.

Box 2, Folder 45

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1817 November 21

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Box 2, Folder 46

HM to Z. Macaulay 1818 November 18

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 47

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1818

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 48

HM to Z. Macaulay 1820 February 2

Physical Description: 1 page, signed HM. Franked.

Box 2, Folder 49

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1820 February 14

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Franked.

Box 2, Folder 50

HM to Z. Macaulay 1820 May 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Franked.

Box 2, Folder 51

HM to Z. Macaulay 1820 May 27

Physical Description: 1 page, incomplete. Franked. Signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 52

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1820 June

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. With newspaper clipping of Macaulay's epitaph laid down on the fourth page.

Box 2, Folder 53

HM to Z. Macaulay 1820 December 9

Physical Description: 4 pages, franked.

Box 2, Folder 54

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1820

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 55

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1821 January 15

Physical Description: 2 pages, franked.

Box 2, Folder 56

HM to Z. Macaulay 1821 May 23

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 57

HM to Z. Macaulay 1821 November 17

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Franked.

Box 2, Folder 58

HM to Z. Macaulay probably 1826 February 4

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 59

HM to Z. Macaulay 1827 September 8

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed Hannah More. Franked.

Box 2, Folder 60

HM to Z. Macaulay 1827

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 61

HM to Z. Macaulay 1827

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 62

HM to Z. Macaulay undated July 13

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 63

HM to Z. Macaulay undated

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 64

HM to Z. Macaulay undated

Physical Description: Undated fragment, 2 pages defective. Signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 65

HM to Z. Macaulay? undated

Physical Description: Undated fragment, 4 pages cut away and defective. Signed H. More.

Outgoing Correspondence: N-R

Box 4, Folder 20

HM to Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 1826 May 9

Physical Description: 2 pages. Notations by Peel's secretary for reply. Note by Robert Peel laid down at top of first page. Dated as May 6 in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 66. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 22

HM to Perry, William undated

Physical Description: 2 pages, contains six four-line stanzas. Poem was written on the occasion of Perry's marriage. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 62

HM to Pilot, Mrs. undated December 19

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed Hannah More. Purchase, 2005(MS.2005.005).

Box 4, Folder 23

HM to Radstock, Lord probably 1811 February 8

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More. Refers to the Cheap Repository Tracts. Dated as February 6 in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 65. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Incoming Correspondence: N-R

Box 3, Folder 20

Nicholl, F.? to HM 1799 April 2

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed F. Nicholl.

Box 4, Folder 36

Pearson, Hugh, 1777-1856 to HM 1819 October 13

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. Pearson. Offers condolences on the death of her sister, praises "Moral Sketches." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 37

Pearson, Hugh, 1777-1856 to HM 1820 February 11

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. Pearson. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 38

Pearson, Hugh, 1777-1856 to HM 1821 January 25

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. Pearson. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Outgoing Correspondence: Pepys, William Weller, Sir, 1740-1825 1783-1816

Biographical Note

Sir William Weller Pepys was a writer and scholar, and was involved in publishing the first edition of Samuel Pepys's Diary.

Box 2, Folder 86

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1783 September 18

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed HM. Originally ribbon tied and filed out of sequence along with 16 other items. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 66

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1783 November 11

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed HM. Notation on last page reads "Letter from Ms. H. more on Books for Children." Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 67

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1785 October 20

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed Han. More.

Box 4, Folder 21

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys probably 1785

Physical Description: 2 pages, incomplete. Signed H. More. Refers to members of her summer party, including the "Russian Prince Galitzin, and the most amiable Frenchman I ever knew, his Compagnon de voyage; this latter is writing a book which promises to be interesting, Les Voyages d'Emile." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 2, Folder 68

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys probably 1788 May 28

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 69

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1789 September 14

Physical Description: 4 pages on lined paper. Signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 70

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1807 December 14

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 71

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1813 March 25

Physical Description: 8 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 72

HM to Sir W.W. Pepys 1816 March 18

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Outgoing Correspondence: Sparrow, Olivia, Lady, d.1863 approximately 1813-1816

Box 2, Folder 73

HM to Lady O. Sparrow 1813 August 24

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 74

HM to Lady O. Sparrow 1814 June 27

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM. Large text block is crossed out on first page.

Box 2, Folder 75

HM to Lady O. Sparrow probably 1814

Physical Description: 3 pages, H. More.

Box 2, Folder 76

HM to Lady O. Sparrow 1815 October 18

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 77

HM to Lady O. Sparrow probably 1816 June 8

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Outgoing Correspondence: S-T

Box 2, Folder 92

HM to Stephen, James, 1758-1832 1815 March 18

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 93

HM to Stephen, James, 1758-1832 undated

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 4, Folder 24

HM to Stokes, Mr. probably 1780s or 1790s

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed H. More. White border. Listed in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 64, as "2 page letter Hannah More to Mrs Stokes, nd, apparently late 1780s or early 1790s." However, the letter is addressed to a Mr. Stokes, not Mrs. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 25

HM to Thomaston, Miss probably 1815

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 2, Folder 94

HM to Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815 1807 September 12

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More. Franked. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 95

HM to Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815 1808 June 18

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Incoming Correspondence: S-T

Box 4, Folder 39

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 to HM 1819 August 31

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed Sidmouth. Praises "Moral Sketches." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 21

Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876 to HM 1828 July 2

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed W.B. Sprague. Originally dated as 1820, but references to the thievery of HM's servants at Barley Wood, and her subsequent removal to Clifton, more accurately date letter to 1828. Letter was previously attributed to Jane West in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 63.

Box 3, Folder 22

Sprague, William B. (William Buell), 1795-1876 to HM 1829 February 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed W.B. Sprague. Letter was previously attributed to Jane West in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 63.

Box 3, Folder 23

Stephen, James, 1758-1832 to HM 1813 September 10

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed James Stephen. Newspaper clipping about Stephen inserted in letter.

Box 3, Folder 24

Stephen, James, 1758-1832 to HM 1820 July 26

Physical Description: 6 pages, signed J.W. Stephen. Letter stitched together.

Box 3, Folder 25

Teignmouth, John Shore, Baron, 1751-1834 to HM 1828 June 23

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed Teignmouth. Letter is dated 1820 in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, page 63.

Outgoing Correspondence: Thornton, Marianne, 1765-1815 1797-1816

Box 2, Folder 78

HM to M. Thornton 1797 August 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM. Internal reference to Thomas Paine and to the execution of Louis XVI. Although letter was attributed as written to M. Thornton, there is no internal evidence to support this. Reference to "unfrequent correspondence" suggests this was not written to M. Thornton.

Box 2, Folder 79

HM to M. Thornton 1798

Physical Description: 4 pages, possibly incomplete.

Box 2, Folder 80

HM to M. Thornton probably 1800

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 81

HM to M. Thornton probably 1806 April 27

Physical Description: 7 pages, signed H. More. Letter stitched together.

Box 2, Folder 82

HM to M. Thornton 1807 July 14

Physical Description: 5 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 83

HM to M. Thornton probably 1813 May 9

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed HM in pencil.

Box 2, Folder 84

HM to M. Thornton probably 1813 July 4

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 2, Folder 85

HM to M. Thornton? 1814 or 1816 April 12

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Reference to Wilberforce's visit.

Outgoing Correspondence: Unknown Correspondents 1796-1829

Box 4, Folder 63

HM to "My dear Madam" 1796 August 15

Physical Description: 1 page, black border. Signed H. More. Purchase, 2005(MS.2005.005).

Box 3, Folder 1

HM to 'My Dear Friend' probably 1800 September 1

Physical Description: 2 pages with an additional two pages cut away. Refers to the death of Elizabeth Montagu.

Box 3, Folder 2

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1801 August 1

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Originally dated to 1802, but probably dates to 1801 because this letter was written from Cowslip Green. HM moved to Barley Wood in 1802.

Box 4, Folder 69

HM to 'My dear Madam' probably 1806 June 10

Physical Description: 3 pages, mounted. Signed H. More. Undated but watermarked 1806. Discusses celebrations for the anniversary of the Cheddar Club, and tells of her own poor health. Purchase, date unknown (MS.2012.017).

Box 3, Folder 3

HM 'To a Friend'- A fragment probably 1809 or 1810

Physical Description: 3 pages, preceded by 2 pages cut through. Signed H. More. Probably written to Henry Thornton. Letter stitched together.

Box 3, Folder 4

HM to Unknown Correspondent 1810 July 5

Physical Description: 1 page, detached. Final page only. Signed H. More.

Box 4, Folder 31

HM to 'My dear Sir' 1814 January 5

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 5

HM to Unknown Correspondent probably 1814

Physical Description: 1 page, detached. Final page only. Signed H. More.

Box 4, Folder 32

HM to 'My dear Madam' probably 1815 March 10

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Refers to her book on St. Paul. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 6

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1815

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 3, Folder 7

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1818

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Box 4, Folder 33

HM to 'My very dear Friend' probably 1818

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Refers to young T.B. Macaulay. Undated but watermarked 1818 (dated as 1819 in Women, Morality, & Advice Literature, page 65). Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 8

HM to 'Sir' 1818 September 30

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 3, Folder 9

HM to 'My dear Friends' probably 1818 November

Physical Description: 4 pages, finished and signed H.M. in pencil. Possibly written to Mr. and Mrs. Huber. Letter stitched together.

Box 3, Folder 10

HM to 'My dear kind Friends' 1819 July 22

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 3, Folder 11

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1819 August 24

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. A short note, dated July 12 and signed H. More, is taped to the top of the first page.

Box 3, Folder 12

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1820

Physical Description: 4 pages, incomplete.

Box 3, Folder 13

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1820 June

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 3, Folder 14

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1821

Physical Description: 2 pages, incomplete.

Box 3, Folder 15

HM to 'My dear Friends' probably 1826 March

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More.

Box 3, Folder 16

HM to 'My dear Friend' undated

Physical Decription: 4 pages, signed H. More. Possibly dated to 1813, based on reference to William Howley, appointed Bishop of London in 1813.

Box 4, Folder 34

HM to 'My dear Friend' probably 1820s

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed Hannah More. Possibly written to her publisher. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 64

HM to 'My dear Sir" 1823 July 16

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Pencil inscription on back reads "To be kept for Hugh." Purchase, 2005(MS. 2005. 005).

Box 4, Folder 61

Hm to "My dear kind Friend" probably 1823

Physical Description: 1 page, signed H. More. Laid down by the second leaf on blue cardstock. HM thanks her correspondent profusely for a gift. Pencilled inscription on the second leaf reads "This must have been 1823. She liked my Cloak. I sent it to her. F. Ford." Purchase, 2003(MS.2003.005).

Box 4, Folder 65

HM to "My Dear Sir" 1829 September 24

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed Hannah More. Purchase, 2005(MS.2005.005).

Outgoing Correspondence: U-Z

Box 4, Folder 26

HM to Valpy, Dr. 1816 June 5

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Extends condolences to the recipient. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 2, Folder 96

HM to Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 1790 September 1

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed HM.

Box 2, Folder 97

HM to Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 1790

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed HM. Possibly a copy.

Box 4, Folder 27

HM to Walsingham, George, Mrs. 1786 December 1

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 28

HM to Walsingham, George, Mrs. 1788 July 23

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed H. More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 29

HM to Warne, Charles 1819 November 16-17

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed H. More. Postscript dated 1819 November 17. First page was torn along the right margin, stitched and taped back together. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Incoming Correspondence: U-Z

Box 3, Folder 26

West, Mrs. (Jane), 1758-1852 to HM 1813 January 10

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed Jane West. Notation at top of first page reads "Autograph letter of Mrs. West an American Authoress." and it is listed in Women, Morality, & Advice Literature page 62, as "1813. 7-10 January. From Jane West, of West Springfield Massachusetts." However, the letter is addressed from Little Bowden, Market Harborough, England and can be attributed to Jane West the English novelist, based on internal reference to West's work, Letters to a Young Man.

Non-Hannah More Correspondence 1748-1879

Scope and Contents Note

The subseries contains letters written by Hannah More's contemporaries, but are not addressed to her.

Box 4, Folder 50

Chapone, Mrs. (Hester), 1727-1801 to Price, Richard, 1723-1791 1769 February 27

Physical Description: 2 page letter, signed Hester Chapone. Notation in pencil states that the recipient was determined from other correspondence. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 31

Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846 to Miss Roberts 1834 July 29

Physical Description: 4 pages, torn and taped together. Signed C.E. Phelan.

Box 3, Folder 30

Melbourne, Lord to Roberts? 1832 December 1

Physical Description: 2 pages, 3 pages torn and cut away. Incomplete.

Box 4, Folder 51

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800 to Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785 1748 April 2

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed E. Montagu. Franked. Sympathetic letter from Montagu to the Duchess of Portland, on the illness of the Duchess's mother (Lady Oxford). Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 52

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800 to her nephew undated

Physical Description: 2 pages on lined paper. Signed E. Montagu. On a separate paper, a notation in pencil reads, "Letter of Elizabeth Montagu nee Robinson. Born 1720 died 1800. Written to my grandfather 4th Baron? her nephew." Notation is unsigned. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 28

More, Martha, 1747-1819 to Countess Waldegrave 1806 April 3

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed Martha More.

Box 4, Folder 44

More, Martha, 1747-1819 to Davies, William, -1820 probably 1819 December 1

Physical Description: 3 pages, signed Martha More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 32

Romaine, William, 1714-1795, to Olney, Oshea (copies of 2 letters) 1879 January 27

Physical Description: 5 pages, paginated. Inscription on page 1 reads "Copy of letter to Mr. Oshea Olney at Northaw Herts April 7-1779 from the Rev W. Romaine." Inscription on page 4 reads "Part of a letter to Mr. Oshea Olney - March 2- 1795." Second inscription on page 4 reads "Copied from the original by M.A. Richards Shrewsbury Jan. 27 1879." Page 5 contains copy of a prayer, along with a depiction of a medal of the Rev. Romaine. Copy is addressed to A. Roberts, from I?. Romaine Garett. Original postage stamp. Postmarked 1879 June? 12 Letter stitched together with green ribbon

Box 3, Folder 27

Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799 to Boscawen, Frances Evelyn, 1719-1805 1782 November 7

Physical Description: 4 pages, signed J. Tucker.

Box 3, Folder 29

Unknown Correspondent to Smith, Br.? 1831 May 3

Physical Description: 2 pages, folio. Addressed from Gracehill.

Box 3, Folder 33

Unknown Correspondent, presumably to HM? undated November 13

Physical Description: 4 pages.

Other Manuscript Material and Documentation Series 2. Bulk, 1748-1830 1748-1933

Scope and Contents Note

This series contains other materials relating to Hannah More.

Manuscript items Subseries 1. 1783-1862

Box 3, Folder 36

Pocket book after 1794

Physical Description: A small, 80 page notebook, beginning 1794. Contains various religious thoughts, etc. in diary form. Some pages torn away and defective. First page pasted down.

Box 4, Folder 45

"Reminiscencies" 1827 January-February

Physical Description: 37 page manuscript notebook in Hannah More's hand. Contains table talk, conversations of visitors to Barley Wood, and anecdotes. Final 14 pages used for transcribing quotations. Original marble wrappers. Inscription on cover "This little book belonged to Hannah More and is in her or her sister Paty's writing (C.B. Pigot)." This cannot be written in Patty More's hand, because she died in 1819. This notebook is transcribed in Women, Morality & Advice Literature, pages 69-77. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 46

"The Christian Character" 1827 July

Physical Description: 2 pages, signed Hannah More. Religious manuscript presumably given to a visitor to Barley Wood. Inscription on verso "written in the 83rd year of her age. She was born Feb. 2. 1745." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 3, Folder 34

"Character of Dr Kennicott" approximately 1783

Physical Description: 3 pages. Possibly written by A. Kennicott and addressed to 'Mrs. More'. Last leaf torn across. Unsigned.

Box 3, Folder 35

Unsigned fragment undated

Physical Description: Unsigned and undated fragment, possibly in HM's handwriting. Filed with a separate fragment dated 1862 September 20 (listed below).

Box 3, Folder 35

"Faith Hope & Charity" fragment 1862 September 20?

Physical Description

Fragment containing a manuscript quatrain poem.

Filed with another unsigned, undated fragment (listed above).

Box 4, Folder 47

"Hannah More Her first introduction to Doctor Johnson" undated

Physical Description: 1 page manuscript note by unknown writer. Notation at bottom "Crotier's(?) Johnson, Vol 9, page 318." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Poems Written to Hannah More Subseries 2. 1770-1781

Box 4, Folder 40

Manuscript poem by Garrick, David, 1717-1779 approximately 1770

Physical Description: 2 pages, six quatrain adulatory poem. Undated but probably written in the 1770s. Addressed to "My Wild Arab," signed DG. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004). Originally mounted in Book of Fame (f MS.1996.005)

Box 4, Folder 41

Manuscript poem by Garrick, David, 1717-1779 1778 November 23

Physical Description: 1 page, 4 quatrain adulatory poem. Signed D. Garrick. First three lines read, "Upon Miss Arab More desiring me to write something in a Book, where she had collected the handwriting of celebrated Men." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004). Originally mounted in Book of Fame (f MS.1996.005)

Box 4, Folder 42

"Hannae Morae" by Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787 1781 February 16

Physical Description: "Hannae Morae," manuscript poem by Robert Lowth, Bishop of London. 1 page eulogy for Hannah More. Written in Latin and signed "R". Notation (possibly in HM's hand) reads, "By Bishop Lowth." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004). Originally mounted in Book of Fame (f MS.1996.005)

Box 4, Folder 43

Latin and English transcription of "Hannae Morae" by Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783 1781 February 16

Physical Description: 2 page manuscript transcription of "Hannae Morae," a eulogy written by Robert Lowth, Bishop of London. The eulogy is transcribed in Latin on the recto. Inscription (possibly in Ann Kennicott's hand) reads "transcribed by Dr. Kennicott." English translation on the verso is very faded. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Newspaper Clippings Subseries 3. 1833-1933

Box 4, Folder 48

Biography of Hannah More 1833

Physical Description: Biography and obituary of Hannah More, printed in The Mirror. 4 pages. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 49

Hannah More's Centenary probably 1933

Physical Description: 1 column article describing celebrations in Wrington for the centenary of Hannah More. Also provides a brief biography. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 60

Biographical newspaper clippings and epitaphs on Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and Mary Russell Mitford undated

Physical Description: 4 pages, newspaper cuttings laid down on cardstock. One page biography of HM and one page of epitaphs to HM, including one by Horace Walpole and one by Coleridge. One page biography of Mary Russell Mitford and one page of epitaphs to Maria Edgeworth. Purchase, 2002(MS.2002.005).

Visual Materials Series 3. 1809-1828

Scope and Contents Note

This series contains various visual materials relating to Hannah More, including engraved portraits, and drawings of her home at Barley Wood.

Engraved portraits of Hannah More approximately 1809-1824

Box 4, Folder 59

Engraved Portrait of Hannah More, from the original painting by Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 undated

Physical Description: Titled "From the original painting by H.W. Pickersgill, ARA." Johnson, Wilson & Co., Publishers, New York. Purchase, 2002(MS.2002.005).

Box 4, Folder 54

Engraved Portrait of Hannah More, from the original painting by Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 undated

Physical Description: Engraved portrait from the original painting by H.W. Pickersgill, ARA. Published by Johnson, Wilson & Co. Publishers, New York. Inscription on verso reads "Hannah More 1872." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 67

Engraved Portrait of Hannah More, from the original painting by Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 undated

Physical Description: Engraved portrait from the original painting by HW Pickersgill, ARA. Black border. Purchase, 2005(MS.2005.005).

Box 5, Folder 2

The Portrait of Hannah More, engraved by Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839 1824 March 1

Physical Description: Engraved portrait by W.H. Worthington. London: J. Hudson. From the painting by H.W. Pickersgill. Inscription in large hand reads "The portrait of Hannah More Her Autograph May 5th 1824." Laid down on linen on a wooden stretcher. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 5, Folder 6

Mrs Hannah More, engraved by Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, 1824 March 1

Physical Description: Engraved by W. H. Worthington. From the original painted by H. W. Pickersgill, A.R.A. Published by J. Hudson, London.

Box 4, Folder 55

Two engraved portraits (perhaps frontispieces?) undated

Physical Description: First engraving titled "Mrs Hannah More. From a Picture by H.W. Pickersgill R.A. in the Possesion of Sir T.D. Ackland. Bart." Engraved by T.A. Dean. Second engraving is laid down on cardstock. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 53

Hannah More as Young Woman, engraved by Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841 undated

Physical Description: Engraved by E. Scriven. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 66

Engraved Portrait of Hannah More, engraved by Halbert, Augustus undated

Physical Description: Titled "From the Picture painted by Opie in 1786, now in the possession of Lady Olivia B. Sparrow." Inscription "Yours very sincerely H. More." Engraved by A. Halbert. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Purchase, 2005(MS.2005.005).

Box 5, Folder 6

Mrs. Hannah More, engraved by Godby, J. (James), active 1798-1812 1809 September 25

Physical Description: Engraving by J. Godby. From the original picture by E. Bird. Published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London. Pencil inscription on verso.

Box 5, Folder 3

Mrs. Hannah More, engraved by Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841 1814 August 15

Physical Description: Engraved portrait by E. Scriven, Historical Engraver to the Prince Regent and the Princess of Wales. London: J. Slater. From a drawing by Mr. Slater, taken at Barley Wood, 1813 November. Inscription on verso reads Rev. J. Buxton?

Box 4, Folder 56

Pencil Drawing of Barley Wood 1826 October 20

Physical Description: Pencil drawing of Barley Wood cottage, home of Hannah More. Inscription reads, "A Faithful Portrait of my Cottage of Barley Wood." Signed Hannah More. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 5, Folder 4

Ink drawing of Hannah More's room at Barley Wood probably 1828 April

Physical Description: Ink drawing. Pencil inscription on verso reads "Mrs Hannah More's room at Barley Wood-1828-April." Inscription on back of frame (removed) reads, "Hannah More's own writing: C.B.P. Her room at Barley Wood Wrington Somersetshire H. More & Wilberforce." Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 4, Folder 57

Hand-colored print of Barley Wood undated

Physical Description: Hand-colored print of Hannah More's home, Barley Wood. Titled "Barley Wood. Mrs. Hannah More's." Printed by C. Hullmandel. Purchase, 1996 (MS.1996.004).

Box 5, Folder 8

Plan of Barley Wood Estate undated

Physical Description: 1st edition, colored plan of Barley Wood Estate, Wrington, Somerset. Purchase, 1999(MS.1999.004).

Box 5, Folder 9

Reproduction of The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain by Richard Samuel undated

Physical Description: Reproduction of the original oil on canvas by Richard Samuel, first exhibited in 1779. Depicts Hannah More as one of the nine muses.

Box 5, Folder 1

Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter undated

Physical Description: Engraving of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, poet and member of the Bluestocking Circle. Engraved by J. Shury. Engraving based on an original cameo, owned by Lady C. Finch. Filed with portrait of Mrs. Hannah More and Mrs. Piozzi.

Box 5, Folder 1

Portrait of Mrs. Piozzi undated

Physical Description: Engraved portrait of Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi (other married name Thrale). Engraved by H.R. Cook. "Sir J. Reynolds Pinx" is listed under the image. Inscription on verso. Filed with portraits of Mrs. Hannah More and Mrs. Elizabeth Carter.

Box 5, Folder 1

Portrait of Mrs. Hannah More undated

Physical Description: Engraved portrait of HM. Filed with portraits of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Mrs. Piozzi.