The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie
The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie

Author: Joanna Baillie

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 9780838638125

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These annotated letters present the first personal glimpse of this Scottish playwright as she wrote and lived. It documents her problems with publishers, describes her encounters with Wordsworth, Byron, Southey, Berry and other literary figures, outlines a long relationship with Scott and places an active literary woman in the historical and social setting of early to mid-nineteenth century Britain.

Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife
Letters of Robert MacKay to His Wife

Author: Walter Charlton Hartridge

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 082033538X

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Published in 1949, this selection of letters between Robert Mackay, and his wife, Eliza Anne Mackay, provide unique insight into the life of a southern merchant during the early part of the nineteenth century. The Mackay's correspondence covers business, friendships, social life, and family, in addition to historical events unfolding at the time. The letters in this volume were sent from the Mackay's hometown of Savannah and from such port cities as Norfolk, Charleston, New York, London, and Liverpool.