Letter from Maria Benson to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/61)
Letter from Maria Benson to Mary Anne Rawson, includes copy of her poem 'Rest'.
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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Classmark: English MS 414/61
- Title: Letter from Maria Benson to Mary Anne Rawson
- Alternative Title(s): Rest
- Subject(s): Antislavery movements; Antislavery movements--Great Britain--19th century; Slavery in literature--History--19th century; Abolitionists--Great Britain--Poetry--19th century; Literature publishing--Great Britain--19th century; Authors, English--19th century--Correspondence; Letters to the editor--Great Britain--19th century; Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887; London (England)
- Author(s): Benson, Maria
- Editor(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Origin Place: England, London
- Date of Creation: 1826
- Language(s): English
- Associated Person(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Medium: Ink
- Technique(s): Handwriting
- Material(s): Paper
- Acquisition:
Presented to the John Rylands Library by Alexander Cowan Wilson in 1923. The gift was probably received in conjunction with the collection of anti-slavery pamphlets acquired by the Library from the executors of Henry Joseph Wilson.
- Project Information:
The John Rylands Research Institute and Digital Humanities Project: Mary Anne Rawson's The Bow in the Cloud and The Network of Anti-Slavery in Britain
Academic Project Lead: Christopher Ohge
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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Classmark: English MS 414/61
- Title: Letter from Maria Benson to Mary Anne Rawson
- Alternative Title(s): Rest
- Subject(s): Antislavery movements; Antislavery movements--Great Britain--19th century; Slavery in literature--History--19th century; Abolitionists--Great Britain--Poetry--19th century; Literature publishing--Great Britain--19th century; Authors, English--19th century--Correspondence; Letters to the editor--Great Britain--19th century; Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887; London (England)
- Author(s): Benson, Maria
- Editor(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Origin Place: England, London
- Date of Creation: 1826
- Language(s): English
- Associated Person(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Medium: Ink
- Technique(s): Handwriting
- Material(s): Paper
- Acquisition:
Presented to the John Rylands Library by Alexander Cowan Wilson in 1923. The gift was probably received in conjunction with the collection of anti-slavery pamphlets acquired by the Library from the executors of Henry Joseph Wilson.
- Project Information:
The John Rylands Research Institute and Digital Humanities Project: Mary Anne Rawson's The Bow in the Cloud and The Network of Anti-Slavery in Britain
Academic Project Lead: Christopher Ohge
