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Vincent Leigh Hunt, the youngest son of the poet, journalist and critic Leigh Hunt. In his later years, he was his father's confidant and amanuensis. · To William Allingham, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : [22 May or later, 1851] : (H'ANA 0099) : from 2 Phillimore Terrace, Kensington; begins, "My father is so unwell at present, in his general health, though better than he was ..."; written on the same lettersheet is an autograph letter to Allingham from Leigh Hunt (LH 0203). Filed under Leigh Hunt. less

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less