Fonds GB 0096 AL197 - Grote, Harriet: letter (1846)

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GB 0096 AL197

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Grote, Harriet: letter (1846)

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  • 1846 (Creation)

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2 leaves

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Biographical history

Harriet Grote was born in Hampshire and educated at home. In 1820 she married George Grote, whom she had known for several years and who had introduced her to modern scholarship in the fields of politics, economics and philosophy. Mrs Grote was acquainted with Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Babington Macaulay and other leading thinkers and scholars, and she and her husband became known as leading voices in radical politics. After her husband's death, she was his biographer. Harriet Grote's own biography was written by Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake (née Rigby), a copy of which is available in Senate House Library Special Collections - classmark: Fc [Grote - Eastlake].

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GB 0096 AL197 1846 fonds 2 leaves Grote , Harriet , 1792-1878 , nee Lewin , biographer , wife of George Grote

Harriet Grote was born in Hampshire and educated at home. In 1820 she married George Grote, whom she had known for several years and who had introduced her to modern scholarship in the fields of politics, economics and philosophy. Mrs Grote was acquainted with Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Babington Macaulay and other leading thinkers and scholars, and she and her husband became known as leading voices in radical politics. After her husband's death, she was his biographer. Harriet Grote's own biography was written by Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake (née Rigby), a copy of which is available in Senate House Library Special Collections - classmark: Fc [Grote - Eastlake].

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Found inserted in a copy of Lady Eastlake's Mrs Grote (1880) classmark: Fc [Grote - Eastlake].

Letter from Harriet Grote of East Burnham, [Buckinghamshire] to Mrs [Elizabeth] Gaskell, 4 May 1846. 'I cannot withold my mite from you in behalf of poor [Samuel] Wilderspin, one of the most deserving of honest zealous improvers of social tendencies ...".

Autograph, with signature.

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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.

Compiled by Anya Turner.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
July 2008 Politics Grote , Harriet , 1792-1878 , née Lewin , biographer , wife of George Grote x Lewin , Harriet Social reform Wilderspin , Samuel , 1792-1866 , infant educationalist Social policy Political science

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Found inserted in a copy of Lady Eastlake's Mrs Grote (1880) classmark: Fc [Grote - Eastlake].

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Letter from Harriet Grote of East Burnham, [Buckinghamshire] to Mrs [Elizabeth] Gaskell, 4 May 1846. 'I cannot withold my mite from you in behalf of poor [Samuel] Wilderspin, one of the most deserving of honest zealous improvers of social tendencies ...".

Autograph, with signature.

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See hard copy catalogue.

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Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

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A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.

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Senate House Library, University of London

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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