Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson (English MS 414/88)
Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson, discussing the contributions of Holland to The Bow in the Cloud, and the movement for the abolition of Slavery in the British Empire.
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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Classmark: English MS 414/88
- Title: Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson
- 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; Rotherham (England)
- Author(s): Holland, John, 1794-1872
- Editor(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Origin Place: England, Sheffield
- Date of Creation: 8th October 1833
- 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 414/88
- Title: Letter from John Holland to Mary Anne Rawson
- 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; Rotherham (England)
- Author(s): Holland, John, 1794-1872
- Editor(s): Rawson, Mary Anne, 1801-1887
- Origin Place: England, Sheffield
- Date of Creation: 8th October 1833
- 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
