Over the years we have collected a number of manuscript letters by Amelia Opie. This platform allows us to share them with scholars interested in glimpses of Opie’s life between 1800 and 1851. Below you will find a chronological list of these letters with links to transcriptions and accompanying scans. If you are a collector willing to share scans, we would be happy to transcribe and include them here.
Amelia Opie to Mr. Tuffen: 30 April 1800 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Pratt: 4 June 1804 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to [D Giddy]: 31 March 1806 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 5 April 1817 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: July 3 1817 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to N.R. Holmes: 9 August 1822 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Samuel Simpson: 11 October 1824 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 6 April 1827 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 18 April 1830 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 2 September 1831 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 20 April 1832 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Robert Nasmyth: 12 October 1834 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 12 December 1837 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 13 June 1839 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 6 March 1841 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 17 October 1841[Scan]
Amelia Opie to Emile Morse?: 18 January 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Lady Palgrave: 7 May 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 10 May 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 5 August 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Cecilia (Lucy) Brightwell?: 19 October 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 25 October 1842 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 8 March 1844 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 5 April 1844 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Mrs. Cooper: 5 August 1844 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: 23 December 1847 [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Anna Gurney: 22 October 1851 [Scan]
Undated:
Amelia Opie to Unknown: Nd. (1798-1809) [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Henry Barry: 1811? [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Robert Alderson: (1822-25?) [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: Nd (1824-) [Scan]
Amelia Opie to Unknown: Nd (1845) [Scan]
The Amelia Alderson Opie Archive 