Hannah More (and philanthropic sociability) [ Religion & Philanthropy / Politics & Society / Religious Belief ]
… William Pickersgill, ‘Hannah More’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 412, 1822. Résumé Hannah More, a woman of letters, was a Christian activist and philanthropist. Her sociable life in Britain’s major social centers, London and … first published locally, was republished in London where it won her public recognition. 1 There, thanks to her friends’ letters of introduction, she rubbed shoulders with the literati of the bluestocking circle, dominated by Mrs Montagu of … was Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy. 4 . MS: Weston Library, University of Oxford, MS Wilberforce d. 15, ff. 70-1, The Letters of Hannah More: A Digital Edition (https://www.18thcenturycommon.org/ letters-hannah-digital-edition/). …
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