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
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
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
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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
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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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