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Jane Porter to Selina Davenport, autograph letter (copy)

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Title

Jane Porter to Selina Davenport, autograph letter (copy)

Collection

Jane Porter papers
1780s-1790s

Names

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 (Author)
Davenport, Selina, 1779-1859 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1794-08-11

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Content: 3 pages (double sheet); 1/4 page (single sheet)
Content: Note on verso of single sheet: "A copy of a letter, sent to Miss Wheler, Sunday August 11th 1794."

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21615682
Archives ID: 24637
Other local Identifier: PORT 94.08.11B
Archives EAD ID: 3329691
Archives Components ID: 1638682
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe907d80-bb61-0139-7515-0242ac110005

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Jane Porter to Selina Davenport, autograph letter (copy)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1794. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe907d80-bb61-0139-7515-0242ac110005

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1794). Jane Porter to Selina Davenport, autograph letter (copy) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe907d80-bb61-0139-7515-0242ac110005

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Jane Porter to Selina Davenport, autograph letter (copy)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fe907d80-bb61-0139-7515-0242ac110005

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