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Mary Martha Sherwood (née Butt) was an English author of children's books. Her early works contained strong evangelical themes, while her later books contained themes of Victorian family and domesticity. She spent ten years in India with her army captain husband and on their return to England she opened a boarding school. Her books were extremely popular and among her best known were 'The History of Little Henry and his Bearer' and 'The History of the Fairchild Family'. During the late nineteenth century her books gradually lost their popularity.
Mary Martha Sherwood (née Butt) was an English author of children's books. Her early works contained strong evangelical themes, while her later books contained themes of Victorian family and domesticity. She spent ten years in India with her army captain husband and on their return to England she opened a boarding school. Her books were extremely popular and among her best known were 'The History of Little Henry and his Bearer' and 'The History of the Fairchild Family'. During the late nineteenth century her books gradually lost their popularity.
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| Title: | Letter from Mary Martha Sherwood |
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| Description: | One of the oldest letters in the collection. Mary Sherwood writes of receiving a letter from the recipient and requests payment for an unnamed work refered to as "the little manuscript". |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 2, 1 page ; some minor glue seepage. |
| Types of letter: | Acknowledgement of receipt of an item; Financial transaction |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "Mary Martha Sherwood, a prolific writer of religious and juvenile fiction, born May 6. 1775, and died Sept: 22. 1851. Her writings include the Little Woodman, Little Henry and his Bearer, and the Fairchild Family." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | Taken from wikimedi.org; digital file by Mel 23 |
| Identifier: | SL_181 |
