Found 3 collections related to Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836

Sir John Taylor Coleridge, English judge. He was a prolific writer and the nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. To Sir William Knighton, courtier and physician : 4 autograph letters signed : 12 Dec 1827 - 26 May 1830 : (MISC 0313-0316) : on various matters of personal and professional interest. 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