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Opie, Amelia Alderson (1769-1853) to Thomas Pringle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.203 Author/Creator: Opie, Amelia Alderson (1769-1853) Place Written: Norwich Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 August 1828 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 22.8 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.

Opie was a British poet and novelist. Pringle was a Scottish poet and abolitionist.

Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834
Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853

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