Letters from Maria Edgeworth to Harriet Douglas Cruger of New York. Correspondence relates to Harriet Douglas Cruger's marriage and her attempt to raise money in the United States for the Relief of the Irish Peasantry during the Famine and Edgeworth's hope that some money can be channelled to Edgeworthstown. Edgeworth also writes about American life, mutual friends, and her enjoyment of Lockhart's 'Life of Scott' [Sir Walter Scott]. Includes three letters from Maria Edgeworth's stepmother Frances Anne Edgeworth née Beaufort to Harriet Douglas Cruger.