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Identification: MSS 099, F106
Creator: Hickey, Emily Henrietta, 1845-1924.
Title: Emily Henrietta Hickey letter to Lord Archbishop
Inclusive Dates: 1906 October 3
Extent: 1 item (3 pp.)
Abstract: Letter from Irish author Emily Henrietta Hickey to Lord Archbishop originally laid in a copy of Hickey's Verse-tales, Lyrics and Translations (1889).
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F106, Emily Henrietta Hickey letter to Lord Archbishop, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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From old MSS 205 Miscellaneous Literary Manuscripts.
Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, April 2007.
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Irish writer Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1924) was born in County Wexford. Hickey's early writing brought her some note as a narrative poet. She also wrote stories and criticism. Following her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1901, Hickey's writing focused largely on religious themes.
Sources:
"Emily Henrietta Hickey, 1845–1924." Irish Women Authors: An Exhibition. University of Delaware Library. Newark, Delaware. 1994, p. 7.
This collection consists of an autograph letter, signed, from Emily Henrietta Hickey to Lord Archbishop. Hickey thanks His Grace for a reference and promises to send copies of her books. This letter was originally laid in Hickey's Verse-tales, Lyrics and Translation (Special Collections call number: SPEC S20 PR4790 .H2 V5 1889).
Emily Henrietta Hickey letter to Lord Archbishop, 1906 October 3 [Box 5 F106]
Autograph letter signed, 3 pp.
