ELIZA LESLIE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/12/1840 - HFSID 169481

ELIZA LESLIE
The American cookbook and etiquette author sends letter to colleague informing them that she has received her Isabel Bridal magazine, signs name in black ink
Autograph letter signed: "Eliza Leslie" in black ink. 1 page, 7¾x9¾. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 12, 1840. In full: "My dear Mrs. Embury, I have just received "Isabel Bridal" which shall have an early place in the Giftt. I am so very very busy in completing a book that I have writing at the whole winter, that I have not time to say another word, except that I am , Yours truly". Eliza Leslie (1887-1858) was an American author of popular cookbooks and etiquette books during the early nineteenth century. Her father was a Philadelphia watchmaker, and was personal friends with people such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. After a brief stint editing an annual gift book called The Gift, which published contributions from authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Lydia Sigourney and Charles Fenno Hoffman, Leslie began publishing her own work. Her work includes Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats (1828), American Girl's Book (1831), Miss Leslie's Behavior Book (1834), Amelia, or, A Young Lady's New Receipt-Book (1850) and Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book (1857). Toned. Normal mailing folds. Soiled. Corners rounded. Creased throughout. Address with postage stamps on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.