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Amelia Alderson Opie Correspondence mssOP

Brooke M. Black The Huntington Library November 2020 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org

Amelia Alderson Opie mssOP 1 Correspondence mssOP Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library Title: Amelia Alderson Opie correspondence Creator: Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853 Identifier/Call Number: mssOP Physical Description: 5.83 Linear Feet(5 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1794-1854 Date (bulk): 1820-1840 Abstract: Correspondence belonging to British Romantic poet and author Amelia Alderson Opie. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information. Conditions Governing Use The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Amelia Alderson Opie Correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Immediate Source of Acquisition Purchased from Sotheby's, June 1953. Biographical / Historical Amelia Alderson Opie was a British Romantic poet and author. She was born in in 1769 to physician James Alderson and Amelia Briggs. Her mother died when Opie was 15. She anonymously published her first novel, The dangers of coquetry in 1790 at the age of 21. She married painter in 1798. Opie was the author of over a dozen novels and eight volumes of poetry. She was an active abolitionist and joined the in 1814. She died in Norwich in 1853. Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, most of which are from Amelia Alderson Opie, to her cousin, Eliza Alderson Briggs (173 letters) and husband Henry Perronet Briggs (100 letters). Many of the remaining letters in the collection are to other Alderson family members. Subjects discussed include the life and affairs of Amelia Alderson Opie and her family and friends, local trips to the country, their social lives and activities, current plays and books, several brief trips to Paris and the Rhineland, local elections, the Quaker philanthropist and writer , and the paintings of Henry Briggs Other individuals represented in the collection include Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (26 pieces) and (1 letter to Amelia Alderson Opie) Processing Information Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid. Arrangement Arranged alphabetically. General Former call number: mssOP 1-364. Subjects and Indexing Terms Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 19th century Briggs, Eliza Briggs, Henry Perronet, 1792-1844 David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean, 1788-1856 Godwin, William, 1756-1836 Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 Godwin, William, 1756-1836

Amelia Alderson Opie mssOP 2 Correspondence mssOP Box 1 Alderson-Amelia Opie to Alderson 1822 July 22 Box 2 Amelia Opie to Alderson 1824 November 28-Amelia Opie to Henry Briggs 1836, September 30 Box 3 Amelia Opie to Henry Briggs 1836 November 17-Amelia Opie to Eliza Briggs 1822 September 19 Box 4 Amelia Opie to Eliza Briggs 1822 May 10-1834 January 7 Box 5 Amelia Opie to Eliza Briggs 1834 January 25-1839 and ephemera

Amelia Alderson Opie mssOP 3 Correspondence mssOP