NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fletcher, Mrs. (Eliza Dawson), 1770-1858 DNB: Fletcher [née Dawson], Elizabeth [Eliza] (1770-1858), poet and autobiographer LBT ID: ElFletc1858 VIAF ID: 39247010 LOC ID: nr93010951 | B/BAP: 1770-01-15 DIED: 1858-02-05 |
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A Yorkshire woman who married the Scottish law-reformer Archibald Fletcher and became an
Edinburgh hostess and friend of Anne Grant; in later life she settled in the Lake District
and befriended Wordsworth. Her Autobiography was published in
1874. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Elizabeth Fletcher [née Dawson]:
Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher, of Edinburgh, with Selections from her Letters
and other Family Memorials. Found 3.
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