Found 55 collections related to Poets, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence

John Wolcot [pseudonym Peter Pindar], English poet and satirist. · Holograph poem, "Ode to the Passions" : [no date] : (MISC 4331) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Ye great rulers of mankind, who domineer over the soul . . . ." Along with a [proof?] print of the title page of his Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Colossuses, the Reviewers (1778), with printed slip correcting the motto. less

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. less

Adelaide Anne Procter, English poet and women's activist. · To "My dear Miss Eliza" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday Evg." [watermark = 18R] : (MISC 1726) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : in verse; begins, "My dear Miss Eliza these lines I indite, / And it pours without ceasing both morning night ...". less

Catherine Maria Fanshawe, English poet. Her most famous poem, a riddle on the letter 'H', was long attributed to Lord Byron. · To a Mrs. Bennett : 1 autograph letter signed (fragment) : [no date] : (MISC 2388) : begins, "Pray offer our best compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Percy ...". less

George Meredith, English novelist and poet. · Notes and additions to T. L. Peacock's Science of Cookery manuscript : [after 1866?] : (TLP 0065) : 1 volume (42 manuscript leaves; 7 binder's leaves) : [from London?] : emending and expanding some of Peacock's recipes; volume also contains annotations (transcriptions?) in the hand of Meredith's wife, Mary Ellen, Peacock's eldest daughter. Shelved as *Pforz B-R 01. 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

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

William Robert Spencer, English poet and humorist. · To Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jan 1817 : (MISC 1971) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I send back the Croisades and the Banjamites with many thanks. If your Royal Highness does not want both copies of the Battuecas (of Mme. de Genlis) I take the liberty of requesting to borrow one of them for Mrs. Spencer ...". 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

William Hayley, English poet and biographer. His Life of his friend William Cowper was published in 1803. · To Ann Flaxman, wife of the sculptor John Flaxman : 1 autograph poetical Valentine signed : Feb 1818 : (MISC 3743) : begins, "Will the dear Nancy smile to see / A Valentine of seventy three?". less

Richard Hengist Horne [formerly Richard Henry Horne], English poet and critic. · Holograph account booklet of money collected for Leigh Hunt : 1838-1840 : (H'ANA 0074) : [12] leaves (6 sheets folded and sewn); titled, "Receipts for Private List"; with the note at the top of the first page, "Money collected by me for Leigh Hunt, in consequence of the delay of the Govt in granting him a Pension. R. H. Horne.". less

Richard Owen Cambridge, English poet and essayist. Friend of Horace Walpole, Cambridge charictaristically wrote light verse, such as his Scribleriad (1751), and his Spenserian parody, Archimage (published posthumously). To the Rev. Mr. Nicholls : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Jun [ca. 1790] : (MISC 0387) : a reply to condolences. less

Robert Bloomfield, English poet. · Holograph poem, "Lucy, a Song" : [ca. 1808] : (MISC 3755) : 1 page (single sheet) : begins, "Thy favorite Bird is soaring still, / My Lucy haste thee o'er the dale ..."; dated "1808" in the hand of Thomas Clio Rickman, with his autograph attestation: "Bob Bloomfield's handwriting / the Poet -- a song of his / Clio.". less

Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some autograph corrections of printed proof sheets (La Saisiaz and Jocoseria), and one holograph sonnet, "Tutti ga I so gusti e mi go I mii." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1876 and 1887 and discusses both his professional and personal life, and his Shelley related interests. Correspondents include: Sarah Anne FitzGerald, learned lady ; H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger ; Ellen Heaton, art collector and philanthropist ; George Barnett Smith, author and journalist ; and over forty others. less

Robert Seymour Bridges, English poet. He held the title of Poet Laureate from 1913, upon the refusal of Rudyard Kipling. To A. H. Bullen, literary editor and publisher : 2 autograph letters signed : 6-12 Nov 1897 : (S'ANA 0007)-(S'ANA 0008) : regarding a proposed critical essay on Shelley by Bridges. less

Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, playwright and novelist. He was highly prolific and counted G. H. Lewes, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens among his friends. To a Frank Hoyt : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Sep 1884 : (S'ANA 0744) : admits: "Of course we all love Shelley the poet, but personally I have a less exaggerated liking for Shelley the man.". less

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 ...". less

Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, British poet. The Felicia Hemans manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph poem, written when she was eleven, titled "Lines on my Sister's Grotto in Wales"; a two-volume commonplace book kept by Hemans and her sister; and a holograph draft of her poem, "The Graves of a Household." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1821 and 1830 and discusses publishing matters, family and social arrangements, and the production of her play, Vespers of Palermo. Correspondents include: the writer Maria Jane Jewsbury; the historian Henry Hart Milman; the publisher John Murray; and over twenty others. less

To Carey & Hart, Philadelphia publishers : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Sep 1837 : begins, "I am very sorry indeed to be so troublesome, but as I know no one in America to whom the 500 copies of [Samuel] Rogers' Poems could be transferred, I shall feel greatly obliged by your disposing of them ...". less

George Crabbe, English poet, doctor, and minister. · Holograph manuscript, Tales of the Hall : (MISC 0724) : includes a dedication to the Duchess of Rutland, 1 p. (4to); holograph preface, eight leaves (4to), most written on one side; printed proofs of Books I, II, and III, heavily annotated with holograph corrections, occasionally interleaved with holograph insertions, 52 p. (8vo); and holograph manuscript of Books IV to XXII, ca. 500 leaves (4to), chiefly one-sided. Shelved under "Crabbe" with bound manuscript materials. less

To Charles Knight, publisher and writer : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday night" [1819?] : (S'ANA 0667) : from Eaton : begins, "I have in vain attempted to resume task ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" [?1820-1821] : (S'ANA 0666) : from Newstead Lodge : begins, "As you are probably busy on your 1st number and anxious to know what contributions you may expect, I write hastily to tell you that I have nearly finished the first canto of a Beppo poem ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [Dec 1823] : (S'ANA 0668) : from Combe Abbey : begins, "The remainder of the canto will be Coventry this evening, by either the Holyhead mail or the Shamrock ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [27 Dec 1828] : (S'ANA 0669) : from Belmont Shrewsbury : begins, "Your letter reached me this evening - and to make you happy, I have altered the obnoxious stanza ..."; discusses his involvement in "the publication of Shelley's posthumous works," noting, "the profits (if any) are to go to Mrs. Shelley, who is but ill provided for.". less

Margaret Holford, English poet and translator. To either John or Arthur Arch, the publishers : 1 autograph letter third person : 12 Feb 1816 : (MISC 2025) : from 39 Portland Place : saying she "requests Messr. Arch to send her one copy of the book he has just published for Mrs. Schimmelpenninck ..." Mounted in the Upcott album of letters by eminent women. Shelved under "Upcott" with bound manuscripts. less

Marianne Baillie, travel writer and poet. John Murray published her First Impressions of a Tour upon the Continent in 1819, one of the first accounts of the grand tour written by a woman. To John Murray, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed ; 13 Aug. [1819?] (MISC 2004), third person, begins: "Mrs. Alexr. Baillie's Compts. to Mr. Murray, and if he ever extends his rides ..." ; in William Upcott album of collected letters of eminent women. less

Helen Selina Blackwood, Lady Dufferin and Claneboye, British song-writer, poet, and author. She was the granddaughter of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and the daughter of actor and soldier Thomas Sheridan, and novelist Caroline Henrietta Sheridan. One of Lady Dufferin's sisters was the author and law reform campaigner Caroline Norton. To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Jul [no year] : (MISC 3512) : an invitation to dinner. less