Brontë (Charlotte) Lock of Charlotte Brontë's hair, given by Charlotte's friend Ellen Nussey to be shared between Lady Morrison and Genevieve Wigfall, housed in an envelope, copy of letter from Lady Morrison to Wigfall, [gifted in 1889] (4 pieces).

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Brontë [married name Nicholls] (Charlotte [pseud. Currer Bell], novelist, 1816-1855) Lock of Charlotte Brontë's hair, given by Charlotte's friend Ellen Nussey to be shared between Lady Morrison and Genevieve Wigfall, housed in an envelope "A part of a lock of hair of Charlotte Brontë's given to me by Miss Ellen Nussey April, 1889. Leeds, Genevieve Wigfall", copy of letter from Lady Morrison to Wigfall, v.s., v.d., [gifted in 1889] (4 pieces).

*** Ellen Nussey (1817-97) was born in Birstall Smithies in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She was a lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë.

Genevieve Wigfall (1850-1900), wife of Francis Halsey Wigfall (1844-97), American consul at Leeds.

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