Found 96 collections related to Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence

John Hamilton Reynolds, English writer and lawyer. · To George Squibb, auctioneer : 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Sep 1830 : (MISC 1978) : 1 ¹/₃ pages (single sheet) : from 27 Golden Square : begins, "Will you forgive me for intruding my interests upon you at a time when you are far from well?". less

Samuel Roberts, English writer. · To Taylor and Hessey, publishers : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Dec 1817 : (MISC 1375c) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Sheffield : begins, "If you are not discouraged by the ill success of The Blind Man and his Son -- I wish you would undertake another small work that I feel confident would pay you ...". less

Francis Place, English radical and chronicler. · To George Wilson, campaigner against the corn laws : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Jan 1842 : (MISC 4072) : 1 page (double sheet) : from London : begins, "I inclose to you an autograph which I have now cut from the title page of a book ..."; with the excised autograph of Thomas Hardy, the radical and founding member of the London Corresponding Society, mounted at the top of the letter. less

Anne Plumptre, English writer and translator. · To Mary Hays, writer : 1 autograph letter [signature excised] : 28 Mar 1798 : (MISC 2193) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "We all regretted very much that we could not have the pleasure of your company yesterday ..."; with the missing closing an dsignature transcribed in another hand on page 3 of the folded lettersheet. Published in full in Marilyn Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays, p. 317. less

John William Polidori, English physician and writer. · To "My dear Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1820?] : (B'ANA 0607) : 2 pages (double sheet; second sheet half missing) : [no place] : begins, "If you knew the anxiety caused me by your saying you would have a note from me that you might see if I wrote a school boy's hand I am sure the kindness of your heart would have spared me a sleepless night restless day ...". less

John Russell, first Earl Russell, British Prime Minister and author. · To [?S. R. Townshend Mayer, founder of the Free and Open Church Association and writer] : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Sep 1860 : (H'ANA 0017) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Inverary : body reads in full, "I request you will put down my name, as a subscriber to the Leigh Hunt Memorial Fund." With a mourning border. less

Lady Georgiana Fullerton, English novelist and philanthropist. · To Miss Oldfield : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Nov [no year] : (MISC 4103) : from 27, Chapel Street, Park Lane W.; begins, "The Reverend Mother at Harley House Brunswick Place Marylebone Road would like to see Mary ...". less

Thomas Medwin, English writer and biographer. The Thomas Medwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a holograph essay, "Gossip on Smoking in General, Smokers in particular"; autograph emendations for a next edition in a copy of his Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley; and several poems, including translations from Catullus. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1821 and 1847. Correspondents include Richard Bentley, the printer and publisher; Ferdinand Freiligrath, the German poet and translator; Charles Ollier, the publisher, writer and editor; Jane Williams of the Shelley circle; and over a dozen others. less

Charlotte Smith (née Turner), English poet and novelist. · To Cadell Davies, publishers : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Aug 1794 : (MISC 4406) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I went yesterday to Bristol Hot-wells, and pack'd up the two first dialogues of 'Rural Walks' . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Nov 1794 : (MISC 4407) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 6 Seymour Street, Bath : begins, "I have the Rhumatism so much in my hands, that it is with great difficulty I write this . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jan [1796] : (MISC 4408) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I send you the close of Dialogue the 5th which I have written so closely on purpose to save carriage . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Dec [1797?] : (MISC 4409) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I have to day re[ceive]d a letter from Mr. Hayley, highly approving of the first part of 'the Young Philosopher' . . . ." -- Autograph signature on receipt : 31 Jan 1798 : (MISC 4410) : 1 page (partial sheet) : from London : for £18.13.2, the sum received on her account from Messrs. Daniel, "for her mother." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 May 1798 : (MISC 4411) : [no place] : 4 ¹/₂ pages (1 single sheet, 1 double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "The letter you some days since were so obliging as to forward to me was from Mr. Walker of Dublin . . . .". less

Theodosia Trollope, née Garrow, English writer. She made her literary début as a poet in 1839; some of her verses appeared in Heath's Book of Beauty, edited by Lady Blessington. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1840 : (BLES 3.195c) : from Braddons, Torquay : begins, "I wish I coudl express how deeply I feel your great kindness in offering to assist me in what must be (to me) a very fearful undertaking." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Nov 1840 : (BLES 3.195b) : from Braddons : begins, "Permit me to thank you very sincerely for the two beautiful annuals which your kindness has made mine ..." With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : (BLES 3.195a) : from Braddons : begins, "Why will you leave me without one word of thanks to offer in return for your kind and most beautiful gifts?" With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. less

Sydney Smith, English author and wit. · To Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jul 1844 : (MISC 1326) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 56 Green St. : begins, "There are in all Countries fixed and regular absurdities whcih it is almost atheistical to call in question -- Such is the admiration of Sharkespeare in England ...". less

Caroline Anne Bowles Southey, English poet and writer. · Holograph sonnet, "To the Rev.d G. W. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey," signed "Caroline Southey" : 23 Jan 1842 : (MISC 3687) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Greta Hale, Keswick : begins, "Once have we met -- once only face to face, / A brief half hour by the pale tapers light ...". less

Catherine Hutton, English novelist and letter-writer. · To Mr. James Belcher : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Apr 1822 : (MISC 2558) : upon his having sent her a book about English queens; mentioning her own book on the subject (unpublished in her lifetime); discussing Mary Hays's Female Biography, with comments on Lucy Aikin and Mrs. Blair. less

William Henry Ireland, English writer and literary forger. · To Mr. Perkins, Esq. : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Nov 1834 : (MISC 0204) : [no place]; begins, "If you would oblige me by an order for Two any Day most convenient the ensuing week, you will greatly oblige me.". less

William Jackson, English musician, painter, and author. · To "Dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1802 : (O'ANA 0005) : from Exeter; begins, "I am glad that a little Bit of Raine [?] occasions my addressing myself to you that you may not forget that I am as yet in the Land of the living." Mounted in the grangerized copy of Brightwell's Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Anna Brownell Jameson, née Murphy, British writer and art historian. · To Mary Gaskell, wife of Daniel Gaskell, MP for Wakefield : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 May 1836 : (MISC 4057) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Thank you for your kind remembrance invitation for the 17th . . . ." Glued to an autograph letter in the hand of Frances Trollope (MISC 4056), both manuscripts clearly having been removed from an autograph album. Filed under "Trollope.". less

Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author. The Walter Savage Landor manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and documents. The writings include: holograph dialogs from his Imaginary Conversations; holograph poems and epigrams compiled for his Last Fruit off an Old Tree; and holograph poems in Latin and Italian. The bulk of the correspondence dates from between 1833 and 1843. Correspondents include: William Allingham, Irish poet; Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess; and Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader. The documents consist of account sheets of Landor's dealings with his bankers, J. and P. Jones of Abergavenny. less

Charles Valentine Le Grice, English writer. Le Grice was a schoolfellow and friend of Charles Lamb. · To John Temple at no. 10 Brompton Grove : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Mar 1815 : (MISC 0980) : from Eastey's Hotel : begins, "I returned from Eton Wednesday where I had the pleasure of seeing your son a very fine young man ..." -- 1 autograph letter third person : 8 Oct 1815 : (MISC 0981) : from Eastey's Hotel, Sothampton St., Covent Garden : offering to "take any thing that Mr. Temple may wish to send" to Eton, where both men's sons go to school. less

Sarah Lee, English naturalist and author. She was first professionally known as "Mrs. Bowdich," her first married name; after her second marriage, she became known as "Mrs. R. Lee.". · To Maria Bowring, wife of the politician and writer, John Bowring : 1 autograph letter third person : 14 May 1840 : (MISC 4023.23b) : from 12 Burton Street, Burton Crescent : offering "her best thanks for the conveyance of her handkerchiefs from Paris ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Mary Howitt, née Botham, English writer and translator. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : "Friday" Sep 1848 : (BRNG 0047) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I send you the Album can you [------ly?] let me have it again tomorrow as I have several more contributions to obtain for it ..." Tipped into the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Helen Maria Williams, English writer. · Autograph signature on receipt : 7 May 1784 : (MISC 1865) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [from London] : documenting her sale of the copyright of "Peru, a Poem" to Thomas Cadell for £21; also stipulating that "in case of a second edition, ten guinea more to be paid . . . .". less

Francis Wrangham, writer and Church of England clergyman. · To the Rev. Henry Hasted, of Bury St. Edmunds : 1 [autograph?] letter signed : 27 Dec 1844 : (P'ANA 0081) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Chester : begins, "As a five minutes amusement to you at this festive season -- of which I wish you many happy returns . . ."; written on page [3] of a double sheet, page [1] of which bears Wrangham's printed "Epigrams.". less

Autograph list : [after 15 Jan 1816] : (MISC 0961) : on a letter to her from her brother, Charles Burney, D.D.; reads in full, "Send d'Arblay's promotion / Archdeacon Thomas / Letter to sister." Filed under "Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector).". less

Holograph verse, "An epigramatic [sic] verse on a political writer of the day" : 11 Apr [no year] : (MISC 4023) 01b : 4 lines referring to Burke and Cooper, signed on verso with letter fragment. Title provided in another hand. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. less

Manuscript copy, "Extract from a Sermon on Repentance," by Dr. Samuel Parr : [watermark = 1836] : (BLES 3.230) : 1 p.; begins, "The infinite importance of what he has to do, the goading conviction that it must be done, the utter inability of doing it ..." Published in R. R. Madden's Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, v. 2, p. 262. -- Manuscript mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less