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Autograph letter signed to George Dyson, [28 April 1797]

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Title

Autograph letter signed to George Dyson, [28 April 1797]

Collection

Mary Wollstonecraft Manuscript Material
Series II. Correspondence
To George Dyson, translator and painter:

Names

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 (Author)
Dyson, George, 1773-1822 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1797-04-28 (Inferred)

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MW 0029)

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: From Polygon No. 29 [Somers Town]; begins, "Mr. Godwin, my dear Sir, would fain persuade me that I was rude . . . ."
Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 361: volume II, page 885; Todd 324: page 411

Physical Description

Extent: 1 page (double sheet)

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20478284
Archives ID: 21894
Archives EAD ID: 1715645
Archives Components ID: 1337366
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f81ecf60-d8be-0133-1e08-00505686d14e

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to George Dyson, [28 April 1797]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1797. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f81ecf60-d8be-0133-1e08-00505686d14e

APA format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1797). Autograph letter signed to George Dyson, [28 April 1797] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f81ecf60-d8be-0133-1e08-00505686d14e

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to George Dyson, [28 April 1797]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f81ecf60-d8be-0133-1e08-00505686d14e

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