| Level | File |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | HMLAdd/156 |
| Title | Letter from Harriet Martineau, Tynemouth [Northumberland] to unnamed recipient 'My dear Sir' |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Date | [1844] |
| Thumbnail (Click this image to open a larger image) | +cropped.jpg&type=RecordThumbnail)
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| Description | With typescript transcript made [1990s].
A very long and moving letter of advice and support to someone proposing to write a book about infirmity and disability. It contains a lengthy description and discussion about Martineau's personal affliction with lose of hearing and being deaf, and her experiences caused by her own deafness. She also writes of examples of other people she has head about with disabilities, including a member of the Cabot family of Boston, and a girl in the care of her sister who wore irons on her legs. Information about treatment is given. Martineau also mentions the case of Laura Bridgman which she asserts must be fully discussed.
[A researcher from the Martineau Society believes this letter was written to Richard Henry Horne in connection with his work on the 'Education of deformed children'. See letters in the main Harriet Martineau archive, refs: HM/447 - HM/460]. |
| Notes | Image is of part of the first page of the letter |
| Access Status | Open |