Overview
Letters to English author Richard Gifford from English author Frances Brooke.
Dates
- Creation: 1756-1772 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
.16 linear feet (1 volume)Includes twenty-four letters from Brooke to Gifford concerning financial affairs, their writings, their children, acquaintances, songs by Gifford, and the creation of the comic opera Rosina by Brooke. Also includes three letters from Gifford to Brooke. Includes eleven songs in French and English, and songs for the comic opera Rosina.
Biographical / Historical
Brooke was an English author. Richard Gifford was also an English author.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*74M-44. Purchased with the J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul fund; received: 1974 Sept. 11.
- Title
- Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789. Frances Brooke letters to Richard Gifford: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00646
Repository Details
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