Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770engPapers relating to Catherine Talbot and her circle, including letters, essays and meditations by Talbot; letters to Talbot from Thomas Rundle, Thomas Secker, Agnes Talbot, and William Talbot; and third-party correspondence and writings by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Matthew Prior; Anne Berkeley; Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury; Sir Robert Walpole; William Warburton; Francis Howard; Gilbert Cowper; Henry Fox, Lord Holland; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Lord Nelson, and othersWith portrait engravings of many of the authors and recipientsCatherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbot was a friend of Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Carter, whom she persuaded to translate Epictetus. Carter was entrusted with Talbot's manuscripts after her death, and published her Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (1770) and Essays on Various Subjects (1772).