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Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) to Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840)

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Title

Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) to Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840)

Collection

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley manuscript material
Series II. Correspondence
To Sir Richard Phillips, author and publisher:

Names

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Author)
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1823-11-14

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MWS 0116)

Genres

Manuscripts
Correspondence

Notes

Content: From Speldhurst Street, Brunswick Square; begins, "On my removal from the Strand this book was mislaid . . . ."
Citation/Reference: Bennett: volume I, page 401

Physical Description

Extent: 1 page (single sheet) : support, 8 4/4 x 7 1/4 inches

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19594891
Archives ID: 22142
Archives EAD ID: 3105719
Archives Components ID: 1518528
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.WW81
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 443b14c0-597f-013c-6cc3-0242ac110002

Rights

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MLA format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) to Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1823. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/443b14c0-597f-013c-6cc3-0242ac110002

APA format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1823). Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) to Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/443b14c0-597f-013c-6cc3-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) to Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/443b14c0-597f-013c-6cc3-0242ac110002

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