Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838

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From the description of Letter, 1830 October 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407785

Scottish writer who spent some of childhood living in the United States.

From the description of Letters of Anne Grant, 1822-1836. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035731

Scottish writer who spent some of her childhood living in the United States.

From the description of Letters of Anne Grant [manuscript], 1822-1836. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880463

Anne Grant, née MacVicar, Scottish writer. To help alleviate her family's poverty following the death of her husband, she published a collection of her poetry in 1803. The success of her first book led her to put out several others over the next decade, including Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland (1811), and Letters from the Mountains (1806), in which she calls Mary Wollstonecraft "the empress of female philosophers."

From the description of Anne MacVicar Grant manuscript material : 2 items, 1824-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 244112103

Scottish author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Inverleithen, Tweedale, to Sir Charles Forbes, 1832 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570524

Anne MacVicar Grant (1755-1838), poet, was born on February 21, 1755, in Glasgow, Scotland, and spent her early life in America, while her father, a British army officer, was stationed in New York and Vermont. While in America, Anne she taught herself to read and write poetry. In 1768, her family returned to Scotland. She married Reverend James Grant in 1779 and together they had twelve children. After her husband’s death in 1801, Grant turned to writing for financial support and published by subscription a collection of poems in 1803. From 1810 through the end of her life, she lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, where her memoirs on her early life in America and poems about the Scottish Highland made her a popular literary figure. Anne MacVicar Grant died on November 7, 1838.

From the guide to the Anne MacVicar Grant letter, Grant (Anne MacVicar) letter, 1831, (Redwood Library and Athenaeum)

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creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Letters of Anne Grant [manuscript], 1822-1836. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lowell family. Lowell family papers, 1728-1878 Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn British Ladies' letterbook, 1806-1807. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, 1997-open UC Davis Digital Library Program. Dept. of Preservation
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Autograph letter signed : Inverleithen, Tweedale, to Sir Charles Forbes, 1832 Oct. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Lowell, Francis Cabot, 1775-1817. Francis Cabot Lowell papers, 1742-1894 bulk 1794-1817. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Anne MacVicar Grant manuscript material : 2 items, 1824-1832 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Letter, n.d. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Autograph letter signed Anne Grant to: "Sir" April*, 1820]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Letter, 1830 October 17. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Gay, Frederick Lewis, 1856-1916. Family papers, 1374-1902, bulk: 1690-1858. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Susan Groag Bell's, An Annotated bibliography of British Women's autobiographies, 1790-1950 :, research and reference materials, 1986-1998 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Grant, Mary, d. 1827. Correspondence, 1810-1834. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Grant, John Peter, 1799-1870. Letter: 1862 Apr. 10, Inverness, Forres, to Gilbert Adcock / J.P. Grant. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838,. Autograph letter signed from Anne MacVicar Grant to Miss Crumpe [manuscript], ca. 1824. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Letters, 1819 April 27-1823 June 15, London to George Ticknor, London and Boston. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Letter, 1890 July 4, London, to Mrs. Grant. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
creatorOf Anne MacVicar Grant letter, Grant (Anne MacVicar) letter, 1831 Redwood Library & Athenaeum
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lowell, Anna Cabot, 1768-1810. Papers. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Letter, 1894 Feb. 4, London, to Mrs. Grant. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
creatorOf Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838. Letters of Anne Grant, 1822-1836. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Letter, 1884 May 14, London, to Mrs. Grant. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
referencedIn Reynolds, Helen J. Warren,. Paul E. Warren photographs. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Buell, Solomon. Letter, 1746 September 26, Easthampton, L.I., to Eleazar Wheelock, Lebenon [i.e. Lebanon]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Papers, 1781-1807. Houghton Library
referencedIn Curson family papers, 1730-1918 (inclusive), 1770-1850 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Birth 1755-02-21

Death 1838-11-07

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