Eleanor Butler And Sarah Ponsonby Autograph Letter,1826

Collection Number: 7661

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, 1826.
Collection Number:
7661
Creator:
Sarah Ponsonby 1754 or 5-1831.
Quantity:
1 letter (3 p.)
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Autograph letter to Lady Denbigh, from "the ladies of Llangollen, Plasnewydd, Llangollen, 13 January 1826." Signed "Eleanor Butler & S. Ponsonby" [although written in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby]. Mentions the suspension bridge over the Menai [Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; Thomas Telford built the bridge, 1819-1826].
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler were a famous lesbian couple living in Wales.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Autograph letter to Lady Denbigh, from "the ladies of Llangollen, Plasnewydd, Llangollen, 13 January 1826." Signed "Eleanor Butler & S. Ponsonby" [although written in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby]. Mentions the suspension bridge over the Menai [Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; Thomas Telford built the bridge, 1819-1826].
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ponsonby, Sarah,1754 or 5-1831.
Butler, Eleanor, 1738 or 9-1829.

Places:
Llangollen, Vale of (Wales)
Menai Bridge (Wales)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby autograph letter, #7661. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.

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