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Charlotte Brontë manuscript material : 7 items
- Title
- Charlotte Brontë manuscript material : 7 items, 1830-1854
- Author
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 7 items
- Summary
- · Holograph short story, "The adventures of Ernest Alembert" : 25 May 1830 : (MISC 0187) : 16 p.; stitched within brown paper covers marked in Brontë's juvenile hand, "The Adventures of Ernest / Alembert a Tale by C / Brontë May 25 1830"; begins, "Many Years ago there lived in a certain country, A youth named Ernest Alembert. He came of an ancient & noble race ..." With the bookplate of H. Buxton Forman.
- · To William Smith Williams, Brontë's publisher : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed "C Bell" : 21 Dec 1847 : (MISC 0191) : [no place] : begins, "I am, for my own part, dissatisfied with the preface I sent -- I fear it savours of flippancy...; also mentioning the kindness of Mr. Smith to send her a copy of Leigh Hunt's A Jar of Honey. Shelved as *Pforz A-RU 04. -- 1 autograph letter signed "Currer Bell" : 15 Feb 1848 : (MISC 0192) : [no place] : begins, "Your letter, as you may fancy, has given me something to think about..."; also includes, "Have you not two classes of writers -- the author and the bookmaker?" Shelved as *Pforz A-RU 04.
- · To Ellen Nussey, a lifelong friend : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed "CB" : 30 Jan 1850 : (MISC 0193) : [no place] : begins, "I wonder how your poor mother is this morning, and how you are too ..." Shelved as *Pforz A-RU 04. -- 1 autograph letter signed "C Brontë" : 9 Sep 1852 : (MISC 0194) : [no place] : begins, "I did not send the Ex[aminer] last week not knowing how to address..." Shelved as *Pforz A-RU 04. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Apr 1854 : (MISC 0060) : from Haworth : begins, "Thank you for the collar. It is very pretty, and I _will_ wear it for the sake of her who made and gave it..."; also announces her engagement to Arthur Bell Nicholls -- 1 autograph letter signed "C B Nicholls" : 7 Sep 1854 : (MISC 0195) : from Haworth : begins, "I send a French paper to-day." Shelved as *Pforz A-RU 04.
- Alternative Title
- Adventures of Ernest Alembert
- Subject
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Charlotte Brontë, English novelist.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- NYPW03-A33
- Author
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
- Title
- Charlotte Brontë manuscript material : 7 items, 1830-1854
- Biography
- Charlotte Brontë, English novelist.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
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- Added Author
- Nussey, Ellen, addressee.Williams, William Smith, addressee.Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917. Former owner
- Note
- Adventures of Ernest Alembert
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS