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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)HM/94
TitleAutograph letter, signed from Harriet Martineau to [Arthur Bell Nicholls]
Extent1 item
Date10 November [1857]
DescriptionDiscusses the issue of Harriet Martineau's letter to [Charlotte Bronte], and Harriet's wish for Mrs Gaskell to read her correspondence with Charlotte to discover the facts; Arthur Bell Nicholls having informed Mrs Gaskell that Charlotte Bronte's papers had been destroyed; Mrs Gaskells' 'Memoir'; Charlotte Bronte's alleged mistakes about Harriet Martineau and attempts by Charlotte's father and husband to support Charlotte's view; Mr Bronte's charge of Harriet's 'atheistic profession'; revisions for the 3rd edition [Elizabeth Gaskell's book 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte'].
Access StatusOpen

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