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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)HMLAdd/196
TitleLetter from Harriet Martineau addressed to 'Dear Henry' [? Henry Martineau (1797-1844), her brother]
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Date[early 1840s]
DescriptionThis letter was probably written to her brother in the early 1840s when she was convinced she was about to die, as this letter relates to the disposition of her manuscripts among family members. 'I wish my brothers & sisters to have one of the Illus[tratio]ns [of Political Economy, published in 25 volumes between 1832 and 1834]. Lissy has one, & your turn comes next; so here I send you "Cinnamon and Pearls" [published in vol 7 of Illustrations of Political Economy]. A postscript refers to a portrait she had sent previously
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