Overview
Correspondence of Julia Garnett Pertz, wife of German historian Georg Heinrich Pertz.
Dates
- Creation: 1825-1852
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Correspondence to Pertz addresses sympathy for death of friends and family, inheritance of property, life in Paris, and contains many letters of introduction. Letters also discuss the evils of slavery, University College in London with sketch, news from friends of their family life, and politics and government of the United States.
Biographical / Historical
Pertz was the wife of German historian Georg Heinrich Pertz.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Miscellaneous letters
- II. Letters to Julia (Garnett) Pertz
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*73M-64. Deposited by Mrs. Katherine Haramundanis, Bedford Road Carlisle, Massachusetts; received: 1973 May 2.
- Title
- Pertz, Julia Garnett, 1793-1852. Julia Garnett Pertz correspondence: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00634
Repository Details
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