- Rare Books and Special Collections
- Burney family manuscripts collection
- Letter from Beilby Porteus to Hannah More, 1 November 1785
Letter from Beilby Porteus to Hannah More, 1 November 1785
item1 November 1785MS Burney-0063
Description only — contact the archiveView at source ↗
Where
Not on the map yet.
No image of this description itself; its photos are below.
Search for a place, or click the map, to drop the pin where the photo was taken. Street View follows the pin.
- Held by
- Rare Books and Special Collections via McGill University Archival Collections
- Creator
- Porteus, Beilby, 1731-1809
- Dates
- 1 November 1785 (indexed as 1785)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 sheet ; 22 cm
- Scope & content
- Holograph letter from the Bishop of Chester, at that time Beilby Porteus, to Hannah More, mentioning that he was upset with the treatment that she was receiving from a pupil, Sarah Mills. Porteus mentions that a Mrs. Delaney (Mary Delaney) also "entertains a just indignation at the cruel treatment that you have received from your ungenerous protogee...." The Bishop also sends wishes for better times at More's residence, Cowslip Green, thanks her on behalf of himself and his wife for the hospitality of More and her sisters, and offers to reciprocate this hospitality in the future. Letter written in contemporary hand, dated "Windsor. Nov. 1. 1785," and signed "B. Chester." The Bishop of Chester at that time was Beilby Porteus. Porteus and More were longtime friends.
- Location
No place found in this description yet.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T16:13:35Z · source datestamp 2023-05-16T20:19:37Z · ead