Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
177 items
Samuel Rogers, English poet. The Samuel Rogers manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph fair copy poetical extracts (from "Jacqueline," "Human Life" and "The Voyage...
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Samuel Rogers, English poet. The Samuel Rogers manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph fair copy poetical extracts (from "Jacqueline," "Human Life" and "The Voyage of Columbus"); a holograph testimonial, "Sacred to the Memory of xxxxxx"; and a holograph fair copy of his poem on Earl Grey, "Written in July, 1834." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1820 and 1850. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, poet; Mary Shelley, novelist; Robert Southey, poet; William Wordsworth, poet; and over seventy others.
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Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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George Lansing Raymond, American educator and philosopher. · To James Wilson Bright, philologist and professor : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1898 : (B'ANA 0540) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 1821 Jefferson Place, Washington, D.C. :...
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George Lansing Raymond, American educator and philosopher. · To James Wilson Bright, philologist and professor : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1898 : (B'ANA 0540) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 1821 Jefferson Place, Washington, D.C. : begins, "At the suggestion -- made some months ago, as I must confess -- of one of our Princeton professors, I venture to write ..."; asking if it would be possible at the next Modern Language Association meeting "to find a place ... for a paper upon the revival of interest in Byron. The paper ... contrasts the visibly representative effects of the older poetry with the audibly representative effects ... in the poetry of Tennyson ...".
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Fagnani, Emma, 1823-1890
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
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Emma Fagnani, American wife of Italian portrait painter Joseph Fagnani (1819-1873). Emma's memoir of her husband, The Art Life of a XIXth Century Painter, contains many reminiscences of Teresa Guiccioli. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's...
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Emma Fagnani, American wife of Italian portrait painter Joseph Fagnani (1819-1873). Emma's memoir of her husband, The Art Life of a XIXth Century Painter, contains many reminiscences of Teresa Guiccioli. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 20 Aug 1869 : (B'ANA 0452) : from New York : in French; begins, "L'article que je vous envoie par le même courier ..." -- 30 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0453) : from New York : in French; begins, "Je viens de recevoir votre dernière bonne lettre ..." Both letters relate to the Byron/Beecher-Stowe controversy.
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Finlay, George, 1799-1875
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
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George Finlay, English philhellene and historian. He traveled to Greece in the 1820's to help in the struggle for Greek independence. There he befriended Lord Byron, with whom enjoyed long literary conversations before Byron's death in 1824....
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George Finlay, English philhellene and historian. He traveled to Greece in the 1820's to help in the struggle for Greek independence. There he befriended Lord Byron, with whom enjoyed long literary conversations before Byron's death in 1824. · To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1861 : (B'ANA 0635) : thanking his correspondent for sending him a book which will assist him in writing his History of Greece. With a comment on the pollution in Greece and the "filthy condition" of Athens.
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Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
20 items
Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed...
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Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions.
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Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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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,...
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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.".
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Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
15 items
To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and...
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To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and Genevese except Mad. Stael - who can't resist a little celebrity.".
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Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
47 items
The John Cam Hobhouse manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph inscription in his copy of the works of Pope, attesting that the book was previously owned by...
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The John Cam Hobhouse manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph inscription in his copy of the works of Pope, attesting that the book was previously owned by Byron; a holograph English translation from the original Greek of Thomas Love Peacock's poem, "A White-Bait Dinner"; and a notebook of holograph notes in Italian and English on Berni, Montaigne, Bayle, Roscoe, and others. The correspondence is dated chiefly between 1823 and 1850, and discusses publishing matters, his political career, and various matters relating to Lord Byron and his legacy. Correspondents include: Thomas Love Peacock; the politician and writer Sir John Bowring; the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts; the portrait painter John Jackson, and over a dozen others.
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Blunt, Anne, Lady, 1837-1917
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], suo jure Baroness Wentworth, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. She was the only daughter of of William King, first earl of Lovelace, and his wife, Ada King, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his...
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Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], suo jure Baroness Wentworth, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. She was the only daughter of of William King, first earl of Lovelace, and his wife, Ada King, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke. To George Scharf, artist and gallery director : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" 11 Apr [1864?] : (B'ANA 0603) : from 11 St. George's Terrace : begins, "Mrs. Burton is staying here and wishes to see the National Portrait Gallery as much as I do." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" 13 Apr [1864?] : (B'ANA 0604) : from 11 St. George's Terrace : begins, "We were very sorry not to see you yesterday morning at the Gallery ...".
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Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
131 items
Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron,...
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Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others.
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Edgcumbe, Richard, 1843-1937
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
To Edward John Trelawny, writer and adventurer : 2 autograph letters signed : 27 Oct 1875 - 20 Apr 1878 : (B'ANA 0209) (B'ANA 0214) : discussing Byron's memorial.
Noel, Roden, 1834-1894
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, English poet and essayist. To Mrs. Sherwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1870 : (B'ANA 0659) : from 10 Neville St. S.W. : begins, "I do not know whether you have read the article in the last Quarterly Review...
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Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, English poet and essayist. To Mrs. Sherwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1870 : (B'ANA 0659) : from 10 Neville St. S.W. : begins, "I do not know whether you have read the article in the last Quarterly Review on the Byron scandal ...".
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Boehm, Joseph Edgar, Sir, 1834-1890
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Viennese-born sculptor in Britain. He was among the most popular, prolific, and successful sculptors of late nineteenth-century England. Among his many works, he is known for sculpting the head of Queen Victoria on coinage,...
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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Viennese-born sculptor in Britain. He was among the most popular, prolific, and successful sculptors of late nineteenth-century England. Among his many works, he is known for sculpting the head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. To E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Sep 1876 : (B'ANA 0213) : mentioning his work on a Byron statue.
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Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Autograph marriage certificate, signed "Wentworth" : 30 Dec 1880 : (B'ANA 0657) : printed document (printed and sold by Thomas Scott, 1, Warwick Court, Holborn) filled out in ink; certifying his marriage to Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, performed...
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Autograph marriage certificate, signed "Wentworth" : 30 Dec 1880 : (B'ANA 0657) : printed document (printed and sold by Thomas Scott, 1, Warwick Court, Holborn) filled out in ink; certifying his marriage to Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, performed by Stephen W. Lawley at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. Anne, Westminster, Middlesex. With a list of those present (including Jane C. Lovelace; [Lord] Wharncliffe; George Hamilton; L[ionel] King Noel; W. H. Pollen; Robert Browning; Edward J. Poynter; J[ohn] H[ungerford] Pollen; A. J. Ross, D.D.; Archibald Stuart Wortley); and the signature the parish rector, Nugent Wade. Confer Pforz MS (MISC 0772), a Robert Browning letter, for a reference to the wedding.
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Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Ada King, countess of Lovelace, née Augusta Ada Byron, English mathematician and computer pioneer. She was the only legitimate child of George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, the poet. · To Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer : 5 letters...
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Ada King, countess of Lovelace, née Augusta Ada Byron, English mathematician and computer pioneer. She was the only legitimate child of George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, the poet. · To Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0052) : from Ockham : begins, "It is an omission not to have sent me the drawings to which continual reference is made throughout your packet of papers ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0053) : [no place] : begins, "The solution was (as you supposed) of the simplest description." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0091) : from St. James' Sqre. : begins, "I have just told Wea[t]stone that I cannot consent to your making the reuse of the remaining notes. So send them to me at once, pray." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug [1843] : (B'ANA 0090) : from Ockham Park : begins, "In consequence of the enclosed, I am starting for Town; I shall send this to you immediately on my arrival ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Aug [1843] : (B'ANA 0054) : from Ashley Combe : begins, "We are quite delighted at yr (somewhat unhoped for) proposal, this mor.g received.".
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Palmer, Albert Marshman, 1838-1905
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Albert Marshman Palmer, American theater manager and entrepreneur. To Edgar Mels, newspaper editor and theatrical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Nov 1899 : (B'ANA 0236) : from The Richard Mansfield Co., 13 & 15 West 28th Street, New York...
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Albert Marshman Palmer, American theater manager and entrepreneur. To Edgar Mels, newspaper editor and theatrical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Nov 1899 : (B'ANA 0236) : from The Richard Mansfield Co., 13 & 15 West 28th Street, New York (printed stationery) : begins, "Mr. Mansfield has referred to me your play, entitled 'Thyrza', and I return it to you herewith. I have read it very carefully and with considerable interest - it is not, however, suited to the cares of Mr. Mansfield, nor do I think that the character of Lord Byron is one which any dramatist could make acceptable to him for stage representation ...".
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Anderson, William, 1805-1866
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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William Anderson, Scottish journalist and author. To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Aug 1854 : (BLES 5.455j) : from Bengal Hill : begins, "There is nothing like striking the iron while it...
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William Anderson, Scottish journalist and author. To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Aug 1854 : (BLES 5.455j) : from Bengal Hill : begins, "There is nothing like striking the iron while it is hot. Therefore I send you the account of my first meeting with L. Byron, just as it occured." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
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Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and...
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William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...".
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz VF (Byron, G.) (1813. St. James's Chronicle)
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A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here...
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A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here are: a report on Byron's last speech in the House of Lords, from The St. James's Chronicle (3 Jun 1813); a review of Thomas Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, from the St. James's Chronicle (Jan 1830); three short clippings on Mary Ann Chaworth [married name Musters], relating to her death, funeral, and surviving cousin (Miss Rudford), from unidentified sources (2 dated in manuscript Feb 1832); and "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter by Count Pietro Gamba ..." to Augusta Leigh, dated 17 Aug 1824, from New-York Daily Tribune (22 Apr 1899).
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Mac Kinnon, J. A.
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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J. A. Mac Kinnon could not be identified. · To Salvador de Mendonça, Brazilian diplomat : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Sep 1900 : (B'ANA 0770) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from New Westminster, British Columbia : begins, "Learning that your...
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J. A. Mac Kinnon could not be identified. · To Salvador de Mendonça, Brazilian diplomat : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Sep 1900 : (B'ANA 0770) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from New Westminster, British Columbia : begins, "Learning that your Excellency is interested in Byron mementoes, I beg to submit to your consideration a volume of his poems published by Galignani of Paris -- in English, unabridged. Affixed within the book is an autograph letter of great interest, written to Galignani ...." Mac Kinnon writes c/o [?B.] M. Marshall Esqr., New Westminster, P.O., British Columbia.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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· Three copied lines from Longfellow's "The Goblet of Life," signed : 7 May 1853 : (MISC 4023.15b) : 1 page (single sheet) : from London : reads in full, "The battle of our life is brief / The alarm -- the struggle -- the relief / Then sleep...
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· Three copied lines from Longfellow's "The Goblet of Life," signed : 7 May 1853 : (MISC 4023.15b) : 1 page (single sheet) : from London : reads in full, "The battle of our life is brief / The alarm -- the struggle -- the relief / Then sleep we side by side / H B Stowe / London May 7. 1853." With an authentication note written below: "Witness. -- [T. Briney?] / Walworth / May 19th 1853." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Thomas Noon Talfourd, English writer, judge, and politician. The Thomas Noon Talfourd manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include some early holograph poems, and notes for debates...
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Thomas Noon Talfourd, English writer, judge, and politician. The Thomas Noon Talfourd manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include some early holograph poems, and notes for debates of the Academical Society (one on Byron vs. Wordsworth; one on Queen Caroline). The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1835 and 1842. Correspondents include: Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer; Edward Moxon, publisher; Charles Ollier, publisher and bookseller; and over a dozen others.
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Story, Alfred Thomas, 1842-1934
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Alfred Thomas Story, English writer. · To Egan Mew, writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Feb 1898 : (B'ANA 0364) : 6 pages (1 double sheet; 1 single sheet) : from The Wildreness, Wanborough, Guildford : begins, "I am obliged to you for...
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Alfred Thomas Story, English writer. · To Egan Mew, writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Feb 1898 : (B'ANA 0364) : 6 pages (1 double sheet; 1 single sheet) : from The Wildreness, Wanborough, Guildford : begins, "I am obliged to you for your letter of the 12th instant." Including, "As to work I am engaged upon, one thing which is occupying my mind is a work on Byron's genius influence. It maybe thought that there is a tendency to overdo Byron; I do not however think so.".
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Taaffe, John, 1787-1862
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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John Taaffe, Irish writer and translator. · Holograph poem, Adelais : 10 Aug 1841-1 Apr 1848 : (S'ANA 1114) : 2 volumes : [no place] : 16 canto historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband;...
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John Taaffe, Irish writer and translator. · Holograph poem, Adelais : 10 Aug 1841-1 Apr 1848 : (S'ANA 1114) : 2 volumes : [no place] : 16 canto historical poem on Alice, sister of King Philip II of France and Richard I, her intended husband; begins, "Of love, the lady-of-the-bird him . . . ." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Taaffe, J. 01).
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Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
129 items
Edward John Trelawny, English writer and adventurer. His friendships with and writings about the Romantic poets Byron and Shelley brought him considerable fame following their deaths, and well into the Victorian era. This guide lists and describes...
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Edward John Trelawny, English writer and adventurer. His friendships with and writings about the Romantic poets Byron and Shelley brought him considerable fame following their deaths, and well into the Victorian era. This guide lists and describes the manuscript materials held by the Pforzheimer Collection that were created by Edward John Trelawny, including original holograph writings and letters.
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Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
340 items
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 more
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.
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Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
267 items
The Teresa Guiccioli manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings consist of a four-part autobiographical work; five notebooks recording her thoughts, activities, and accounts of Lord...
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The Teresa Guiccioli manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings consist of a four-part autobiographical work; five notebooks recording her thoughts, activities, and accounts of Lord Byron's life; and thirty-three books from Guiccioli's personal library with her annotations. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1820 and 1822. Correspondents include Lady Blessington, the Irish-born writer and literary hostess; Lord Byron, the English poet (her lover); Victor Hugo, the French writer; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the English novelist; and over a dozen others. There are also four pieces of correspondence by others in Guiccioli's hand.
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Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
63 items
The manuscript material by Claire Clairmont in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: two holograph journals kept during her travels with the Shelleys; holograph notes and essays prepared for E....
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The manuscript material by Claire Clairmont in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: two holograph journals kept during her travels with the Shelleys; holograph notes and essays prepared for E. J. Trelawny, relating to Shelley and Byron; and an effusive book inscription to Captain Edward Silsbee, the Shelley enthusiast. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1847-1856, and includes reflections on her experiences with Byron and the Shelleys, and various matters of family interest. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, English poet; Antonia Clairmont, her sister-in-law; Edward John Trelawny, the writer and adventurer; and over half a dozen others.
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