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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: De Quincey family correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: mssDequincey
Physical Description:
2.34 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1799-1835
Abstract: Correspondence of English writer Thomas
De Quincey and his family.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. De Quincey family correspondence, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sotheby's, lots 339 and 340, June 1972.
Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), a prominent literary figure in England, is best known for
his Confessions of an opium-eater, published in 1821.
The collection consists of letters from Henry De Quincey, Jane De Quincey, Mary De Quincey,
and Richard De Quincey to their brother Thomas De Quincey. There are also 34 letters from
Thomas De Quincey's mother, Elizabeth Penson Quincey.
Processed by Huntington Library staff in the 1970s. In November 2023, Brooke M. Black
created a finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 37659-37740.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Family relationships
Letters (correspondence)
De Quincey family
De Quincey, Henry
De Quincey, Jane
De Quincey, Mary
De Quincey, Richard
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
Quincey, Elizabeth Penson