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Inchbald, Elizabeth, (1753-1821), novelist, dramatist and actress

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Alternative name(s):
  • Elizabeth Simpson (Maiden Name)
Surname: Inchbald
Forenames: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Date: 1753-1821
Biography: ODNB link for Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821) nee Simpson, Novelist Dramatist and Actress
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P129748 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15089 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Elizabeth Inchbald
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
literary MSS
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 25922, 26004, 27575
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
2
1782: diary
Folger Shakespeare Library
MS Add 956
NRA 24945 Folger Library
3
1782, 1793: diaries (copies)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP2266, 4730
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4
misc corresp
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster
5
1809-17: letters from Edgeworth family
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MS 2158
6
1785-92: letters (14) from George Colman the younger
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster

See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
7
c1797-1816: letters (28) to William Godwin
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Dep c 509
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8
1778-1803: letters from John and Priscilla Kemble
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster
9
1789-1818: letters to John Taylor (copies)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng misc e 143
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995