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Call Number:
MSS 29
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Title(s):
Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
Date:
1797 January 28
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
[14]
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Discusses the improvement of Mrs. Mostyn's health and current fashions. Piozzi also discusses the war, mentioning French losses and the political situation of the British Isles. People mentioned: Mrs. Mostyn, Mr. Piozzi, Irishman, Frenchmen, the Opposition, and the Ministers.
Physical Description:
2 pages (1 leaf) : autograph letter, signed ; 25 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Authors, English
Clothing and dress
First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797
Gout
Medicine
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Physicians
Politics and government
Subject Period:
1789-1820
18th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Mostyn, Cecilia Margaretta Thrale, 1777-1857
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Finding Aid Title:
Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/16.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2594
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2594?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1