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Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820

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LIBRARY DIVISION
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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COLLECTION
Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

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SUB-COLLECTION
Series II. Correspondence

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SUB-COLLECTION
To Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley's step-sister

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Title
Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820
Additional title: Autograph letter signed
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879 (Addressee)
Collection

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

Series II. Correspondence

To Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley's step-sister

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1820-10-29
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0063)
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 851: volume X, page 961; Jones 591: volume II, page 241
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: From Pisa; begins, "I wrote to you a kind of a scrawl the other day merely to shew that I had not forgotten you . . . ."
Physical Description
Extent: 6 pages (2 double sheets)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17040453
MSS Unit ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1746985
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ab6b500-4619-0134-dfeb-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1820: Created
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5ae224b-1e65-e175-e040-e00a18063bd1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5ae224b-1e65-e175-e040-e00a18063bd1

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1820). Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5ae224b-1e65-e175-e040-e00a18063bd1

Wikipedia Citation

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Autograph letter signed to Claire Clairmont, 29 October 1820