WOMEN, EDUCATION AND LITERATURE
The Papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849

Part 2: The Edgeworth Papers from the National Library of Ireland

CONTENTS OF REELS

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Calendar of Edgeworth MSS, 1724-1817 in the National Library of Ireland 92 folios.
This is a detailed listing covering MS 10166-7 (1-1409). Calendar and notes made by Professor R L Butler.

Edgeworth MSS, 1724-1817, in the National Library of Ireland
MS 10166/7 (10 boxes of material)
Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth and other members of the Edgeworth family, mainly to relatives (many members of the Ruxton family), with related papers.

MS 10166/7 (1-128): Correspondence and Papers, 1724-1795.
Includes letters concerning Practical Education, Lavoisier's Elements of Chemistry, letters from RLE and ME to Mrs Ruxton, letters between ME and Sophy Ruxton relating to literary works such as The Botanic Garden, Travels in America, Romance of the Forest, and Evenings at Home.

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MS 10166/7 (129-274): Correspondence and Papers, 1795-1801
Includes letters concerning Education, Science and Literature; more letters between ME and Sophy Ruxton relating to literary works such as Letters for Literary Ladies, Galatea, The Fairy Tale, Evenings at Home, The Parents' Assistant, Zoonomia, Proofs of a Conspiracy and Castle Rackrent; correspondence between RLE and ME; ME's collaboration with her father on A Letter to Lord Charlemont on the Tellograph and the Defence of Ireland; further letters of Richard Lovell Edgeworth to Harriet Beaufort and others.

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MS 10166/7 (275-422): Correspondence and Papers, 1801-1804
Includes French Tour file and Maria's Notebook on Paris - see items 301-361 and 366A respectively. There is also much correspondence on literary matters, including Essay on Irish Bulls, Mackenzie's Sermons, Dr Darwin's Memoirs, The Temple of Nature, The Good French Governess, Belinda, Popular Tales, Simple Susan, Castle Rackrent, Practical Education, Leonora, Almeria and Harry and Lucy.

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MS 10166/7 (423-552): Correspondence and Papers, 1804-1806
There is much on literary matters, including Ennui, Popular Tales, Essay on Irish Bulls, The Modern Griselda, Zoonomia, Castle Rackrent, Practical Education, Leonora, Madame de Fleury, Almerica and The Lay of the Last Minstrel.

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MS 10166/7 (553-739): Correspondence and Papers, 1806-1810
Includes many letters of ME to Sophy Ruxton and Mrs Ruxton as well as RLE and CSE correspondence. Also includes much on literary matters, including Ennui, Essays on Professional Education, Popular Tales, Essay on Irish Bulls, The Modern Griselda, Priestley's Life, Mathilde, Corinne, Manoeuvring, Plain Sailing, Pinckhard's Voyage to the West Indies, Siège de La Rochelle, Lady of the Lake, Essay on Emigration, The Grinding Organ, Leonora, Madame de Fleury, Almeria, The Wild Irish Girl and more on Tales of Fashionable Life.

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MS 10166/7 (740-932): Correspondence and Papers, 1810-1813
This material contains frequent mention of Leonora, Tales of a Fashionable Life, The Absentee, Patronage, Cecilia, Paradise Lost, Rokeby, The Clergyman's Widow, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, The Castle of Andulasia and Cottage Dialogues.

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MS 10166/7 (933-1128): Correspondence and Papers, 1813-1815
Includes much ME and RLE material referring to Pride and Prejudice, Tales of a Fashionable Life, Patronage, Early Lessons Continued, Waverly, Mansfield Park and Memoirs of Abbé E; also material on political and social affairs; letters of CSE to H Broadhurst.

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MS 10166/7 (1129-1260): Correspondence and Papers, 1815-1817
Many letters by ME and RLE; frequent references to Ormond, Harrington, Comic Dramas, Patronage and Waverly.

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MS 10166/7 (1261-1409): Correspondence and Papers, 1817
Many letters by ME, Beauforts and Mrs FE; RLE's will; material relating to death of RLE; on literary matters frequent references to Ormond, Harrington, Comic Dramas, Patronage and the editing of RLE's Memoirs.
MS 10166/7 (Add.)
Material for RLE's Memoirs. (part). 58 folios

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Other Edgeworth MSS in the National Library of Ireland
Manuscript Listing to MS 11132 (1-7). 11 folios.
MS 11132 (1-7): Edgeworth MSS in the National Library of Ireland.

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Manuscript Listing to MS 13176 (1-30). 17 folios.
MS 13176 (1-14): Edgeworth-Beaufort Papers in the National Library of Ireland.

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MS 13176 (15-30): Edgeworth-Beaufort Papers in the National Library of Ireland.

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MS 13346: Monteagle Papers: Correspondence of Maria Edgeworth and Thomas Spring Rice (1st Lord Monteagle) 1824-1850. (5 folders of letters).
MS 13371: Monteagle Papers: 55 Letters, 1831, mainly to Thomas Spring Rice (1st Lord Monteagle), including letters from Maria Edgeworth, William Empson, Daniel O'Connell, Hon. E G Stanley (Earl of Derby). (5 folders of letters).
MS 15288: Various Papers including scientific notes and letters to Maria Edgeworth from William Rowan Hamilton, 1828-1836. (8 items).
MS 15514: Two autograph letters of Maria Edgeworth (in French) and a note in English to Monsieur and Madame Vinde of Paris, 1826.
MS 18223: Papers relating to the Edgeworth pedigree, Edgeworth Genealogy, and to the Edgeworths at Kilshrewly, County Longford. (2 folders).
MS 18325: Papers of John Moutray including 4 letters from Maria Edgeworth. (1 folder).
MS 18478: Two autograph letters of Maria Edgeworth to William Edward Hickson and his wife, mainly re: social topics but with references to music, 2 & 22 December 1838.
MS 18479: Two autograph letters of Maria Edgeworth to Miss Crumpe and to Mr and Mrs Sotheby re: literary and social matters.
MS 18480: Fragment of letter of Thomas Day to Richard Lovell Edgeworth consoling Edgeworth on the death of his wife, Honora [1780], the fragment annotated by Maria Edgeworth.
MS 18597: Two letters of Maria Edgeworth, one to Miss Crampton; mainly of a personal and family nature; 1839-1840.
MS 18752: Diary of Maria Edgeworth, with references to political affairs; June - December 1803.
MS 18753: Current expenses account books of Maria Edgeworth, 1826-1829, 1837-1838.
MS 18754: Letter diary of Maria Edgeworth listing addressees of her letters, 1846.
MS 18755: Small notebook of member of Edgeworth family, probably Maria Edgeworth, with recipes for various domestic processes, such as the making of ink and sugar, and the cleaning of teeth.
MS 18757: Notebook of member of Edgeworth family, probably William Edgeworth, brother of Maria; has accounts of lighthouse and various mills visited in Wales and England, March - May, 1811.

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MS 18778: Photocopies of letters of Maria Edgeworth to various correspondents, all written at Edgeworthstown. 9 items. 1815-1846. (contained in one envelope).
MS 18780: Correspondence of members of the Edgeworth family of County Longford; mainly re: family and business matters and with references to literary and political affairs; including letters from relatives in Georgia and North Carolina, with references to cotton farming. c.1793-1879. (190 items in 23 folders).

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MS 18995: Five letters from Maria Edgeworth to Mrs Harriet D Cruger of New York, mainly concerning Mrs Cruger's attempts to raise money for Irish Famine Relief, and associated printed material, and three letters from Francis Edgeworth to Mrs Cruger, 1827-1847.
MS 20841: Autograph letter from Maria Edgeworth concerning Patrick Mulloy who died in Jamaica, 4 May 1828.
MS 20842: Autograph letter from Maria Edgeworth to Archdeacon Singleton, 6 September 1830, expressing thanks for having been received at the Phoenix Park.
MS 20843: Letter to Lt. Col. K E Edgeworth from P F Rowell, Secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 22 June 1938, enclosing typescript copy of a letter from Maria Edgeworth to Michael Faraday, 6 May 1844.
MS 20853: Short autograph letter from Maria Edgeworth to Mr Arthur re: the collection of a vase at Mrs Waller's, Merrion Street, Dublin, 17 October 1830.
MS 21736: Portion of a letter of Maria Edgeworth [to a bishop or peer?] mentioning the Bishop of Llandaff, the second volume of her father's memoirs, and Monsieur Dumont, 22 March 1818; also a letter of Marilyn Butler commenting on the Edgeworth letter, 7 May 1965.
MS 21740: Seventeen autograph letters from Maria Edgeworth to Louisa Hope, mostly about social, literary and biographical interests, 1818-1843, and undated; five autograph letters from Louisa Hope to Maria Edgeworth, one a joint letter with Thomas Hope, undated; autograph letter from Henry Philip to Louisa Beresford (Hope); some postmarks dated 1818-1825. (1 folder).
MS 21755: Correspondence of Maria Edgeworth and Rachel Mordecai (afterwards Lazarus) of Richmond, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina, c.1815-1839. 121 items. (11 folders)
MS 21756: Letters from Maria Edgeworth to Captain Basil Hall, mainly with regard to his journal concerning America. 19 items. 1827-1837. (1 folder).

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MS 21826: Copies (in the hand of Harriet Edgeworth [Mrs Butler]) of letters from Maria Edgeworth to Fanny Robinson including a description of the manners and customs of the Irish, (6 items) c.1782-1783; also copies of letters from William L Beaufort to Fanny Robinson, (3 items), c.1797. (1 folder).
MS 22470: Correspondence of Richard Lovell Edgeworth mainly relating to a biography of Thomas Day, with notes by Maria Edgeworth. c.1774-1817. (37 items in 4 folders, with 3pp typescript listing).
MS 22471: Correspondence and associated papers of Richard Lovell Edgeworth regarding Education. 58 items. c.1772-1817. With 4pp. typescript listing. (7 folders).
MS 22472: Correspondence and associated papers of Richard Lovell Edgeworth regarding Literary matters. 45 items. 1794-1817. With 2pp. typescript listing. (3 folders).
MS 22474: Papers relating to the financial affairs of Lovell Edgeworth, including bonds, receipts and some correspondence, c.1830-1843. 30 items. (1 folder).
MS 22475: Envelope containing lock of hair [of Maria Edgeworth?] n.d.
MS 22492: Autograph letter of Maria Edgeworth to "My dear Lord" [the patron of her brother, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth] referring to Pakenham's studies in Edinburgh, 2pp. 28 May 1828.
MS 22497: Autograph letter of Maria Edgeworth, at High Wycombe Abbey, to Lady Radstock, regretting her inability to meet her, and containing mention of the illness of her sister, Fanny. 3pp. n.d. [? 10 May 1814].

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MS 22820: Letters from Mary Beaufort (née Waller) to her daughter Frances Edgeworth, of Edgeworthstown, mainly regarding family matters and social life, but including description of journeys in Munster, and a sojourn in Dalkey, County Dublin, and also including references to religious controversy and to the Revd Mortimer O'Sullivan. 34 items. c.1812-1833. (2 folders).
MS 22821: Correspondence, receipts and miscellaneous papers relating to the family of Conry, tenants of the Edgeworth estate at Brehy, County Longford, including letter of Maria Edgeworth, and papers relating to the education of John Conry at agricultural schools at Cloghan, Stranorlar, County Donegal and Lough Ash, County Tyrone. c.50 items. c.1828-1842.
MS 22822: Autograph letters from Maria Edgeworth to the Revd Richard Jones, the economist, containing some references to the economic and political state of Ireland, also many references to gardening, especially to the cultivation of roses. 19 items. 1833-1849. (1 folder).
MS 23311: Household account book of Maria Edgeworth of Edgeworthstown, with some references to relief of distress. One volume. 1841-1846.
MS 23444-6: Albums of Family Verses
By Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and other members of their family, including material by Lucy Jane Edgeworth. Volumes 1, 2 & 3.

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MS 23447-8: Albums of Family Verses
By Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and other members of their family, including material by Lucy Jane Edgeworth. Volumes 4 & 5.
MS 23505-6: Albums of Family Verses
Mainly of family and literary interest, but also containing some references to political matters (mainly the Catholic Emancipation Question) and also to Black Castle, County Meath, and to Edgeworthstown. Two volumes.

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Edgeworth Papers (continued)
MS 24590: Note from Maria Edgeworth requesting that letters and manuscripts be kept for her, December 1830.
MS 24897: Fair copy fo the poem Mary Queen of Scots' farewell to France, by Maria Edgeworth.
MS 26744: Letters between Maria Edgeworth and Thomas Henry Lister in which she discusses his novel Granby and advises him on practical aspects of publishing, January-April 1826.

Additional Edgeworth Papers at the National Library of Ireland
MS 495: Typescript copies of letters of Maria Edgeworth, mainly to Mrs Moore, 1835-1849.
MS 989: Copies of correspondence of Maria Edgeworth and the Central Relief Committee in Dublin relating to the distress in the Edgeworthstown area, 1847-8.
MS 2151: A volume of 9 letters from Maria Edgeworth to Thomas Drummond and his wife, on personal and general topics, 1836, 1839 and 1843.
MS 3241: A commonplace book (of G Llanduff?) containing miscellaneous verse ad prose extracts, including a poem to Sir Philip Crampton by Maria Edgeworth written with a fountain pen in 1821, c.1822-1824.
MS 3774: A notebook entitled "Words" containing notes on the meaning and usage of words by a member of the Edgeworth or Beaufort family. Late 18th century.

Memoirs of the Edgeworth family
MS 7361: Register book of the elder branch of the family of Edgeworths, containing records of land titles in County Longford, together with some memoirs of the family, by Richard Lovell Edgeworth.

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Memoirs of the Edgeworth family
With some additional autobiographical passages.
MS 7362: Volume 1. 293pp.
MS 7363: Volume 2. 276pp.
MS 7364: Volume 3. 310pp.

Miscellaneous
MS 8145: Edgeworth Papers. The Martins' visit to London and its consequences. 16pp with letter to Pakenham Edgeworth, 1835. Also letter of T Martin to Mrs Butler of Trim describing the Martins' visit to Edgeworthstown. Letter of Maria Edgeworth to Pakenham Edgeworth on a tour of Connemara, 27pp, 8 March 1834. Similar letter, 9 April 1834, with over 30 other letters of Maria Edgeworth, c.1813-1849. (14 folders).

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