Found 2 collections related to Hone, William, 1780-1842

Henry Leigh Hunt, English publisher. He was the son of John Hunt, the radical printer and publisher, and the nephew Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and critic. · To Augustus Applegath, printer in London : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Jan 1824 : (H'ANA 0066) : begins, "I send the copy from which to set up Werner, also the last vol. of Byron's Works, published by Murray, as a model." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1824 : (B'ANA 0523) : begins, "We have paper making for Vol. 12 of Byron's Works, I wish to use the same for Werner.". less

The William Godwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, promissory notes, and various other documents. The writings include: complete holograph manuscript drafts of his works Fleetwood, Cloudesley, and Lives of the Necromancers; manuscript drafts of essays from his Enquirer; and proof revisions written in volumes of his Political Justice and St. Leon. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1795-1834 and mostly discusses Godwin's research, business matters and financial arrangements. Correspondents include: Mary Shelley, novelist (his daughter); Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (his son-in-law); Aaron Burr, vice president of the United States; Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet; and over one hundred others. The promissory notes date from between 1804-1818, and are mostly to neighborhood merchants. Other documents include library call slips, memos of agreement for business deals, and Godwin's last will and testament. less