The manuscript here is for the short story, ‘Frances Beaumont’ by Letitia Landon, which was first published as part of ‘Traits and trials of early life’, in 1836. This volume was a book of moral short stories for girls.

Frances Beaumont is a character who must find employment as a governess to support her mother and sister after the death of her father leaves the family without income.

There are some amendments, deletions and additions to the text. The text is not formatted, although chapter divisions are noted.

The manuscript consists of:

Title page for ‘Traits and trials’ with notes: folio 1;

Preface to ‘Traits and trials of early life’: folio 2;

Manuscript of ‘Frances Beaumont’: folios 3-44;

Wrapper for the manuscripts of Letitia Landon: folio 45.