Mistress Anne: A Drama of the Seventeenth Century,

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Descriptive Summary Isabella Grant Meredith Papers, 1845-1930 Meredith, Isabella Grant, 1838- Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185

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Biographical Note

Isabella Grant Meredith was a playwright in New York, N.Y.

Collection Overview

Chiefly consists of correspondence and genealogy pertaining to the playwright Meredith including the following families: Bliss, Billings, Dow, Grant, Meredith, Miner, Palmer, and Sanford. Correspondence includes letters from A.G. Bliss, Fannie Grant Bliss, Kate Grant Bliss, Julia Grant, and others. Also includes printed material, writings and speeches, and clippings. Contains Meredith's diary (1868, October-1881, August) which mentions the Sirosis Club, a progressive club for women which held lectures on scientific topics during the late 1870s and early 1880s. The diary also includes information about Meredith's play, Mistress Anne: A Drama of the Seventeenth Century, (ca. 1873) is included. Meredith also wrote magazine articles under the pseudonym of Papillon.

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Dow family--Genealogy. Grant family--Genealogy. Palmer family--Genealogy. Miner family--Genealogy. Sanford family--Genealogy. Meredith family--Genealogy. Billings family--Genealogy. Sirosis Club (New York, N.Y.). Dramatists--Papers of. Women dramatists, American--New York. Diaries--Women Contents of Collection Correspondence 1 Bliss, A.G., 1857-1865, undated Bliss, Fannie Grant, 1864-1931, undated (2 folders) Bliss, Kate Grant, 1902-1906, undated Grant, Julia, undated Meredith, Isabella Grant, 1849-1906, undated Miscellaneous, 1845-1904, undated Genealogy 2 Billings, 1903, undated Grant, 1898-1930, undated (2 folders) Miner, undated Palmer, 1882, undated Sanford, 1871-1905, undated Other, 1871-1903, undated Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1850-1930, undated Diary, 1878-1881 3 Mistress Anne: A Drama of the Seventeenth Century, ca. 1873, undated Clippings, 1864, 1891, Apr.-1920, July, undated General, undated Oversize Materials 15 Genealogy, Grant, undated Miscellaneous, Clippings, 1864, 1891, Apr.-1920, July, undated