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To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Feb 1814 : (B'ANA 0694) : thanking him for a copy of The Corsair; with high praise, including, "You have, my Lord, opened your heart to moral beauty, striking on its finest chord." Mounted opposite p. 75 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron. less

Reverend Frederick Martin, British clergy and writer. Halkett and Laing identify three anonymous works by him: Notes on the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles (1838); Illustrations of the Doctrine, Principles, and Practice of the Church of England (1840); and A General Introduction to the Apostolical [sic] Epistles (1861). The birth and death dates used in this record are taken from the Univeristy of King's College catalog record for Martin's General Introduction to the Apostlic [sic] epistles. To Robert Southey, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jun 1838 : (MISC 4127) : from Hockering, near Dereham : begins, "Booksellers' parcels being sometimes uncertain, it may be well to apprize you that a little book which has been more years than needed months in passing through the press, will in the course of the current month be in Mr. Longman's hands for your acceptance.". less

Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, Anglo-Irish noble and minor politician. From 1822 to 1854 he was styled Viscount Castlereagh. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed "Castlereagh" : "Tuesday" [between 1822 and 1849] : (BLES 1.071) : [no place] : begins, "I send you back the Contes. I think you did not overrate Mes Premiers Amours ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed "Castlereigh" : [between 1822 and 1849] : (BLES 1.072a) : [no place] : begins, "Will you forgive me for not availing myself of your kind invitation ..." With the wax seal intact. -- 1 autograph letter signed "Castlereigh" : [between 1822 and 1849] : (BLES 1.072b) : [no place] : begins, "I will be delighted to dine with you ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed "Castlereigh" : "Saturday" [between 1822 and 1849] : (BLES 1.073a) : [no place] : begins, "I can not say more than that I sincerely thank you for your kind good wishes..." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Castlereigh" : "Sunday" [between 1822 and 1849] : (BLES 1.073b) : [no place] : body reads in full, "I will do my best." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- All letters within v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Philip Bliss, English antiquarian and book collector. Bliss wrote notes and the appendix to the 1811 edition of John Earle's 17th century work on characters, Micro-cosmographie. Holograph scrap-book, "Dr. Bliss's collection of characters" : (MISC 0678) : ca. 30 leaves made up of pasted-in notes, and prefaced by a number of miscellaneous papers, fragments of printed material, and one letter from an unidentified correspondent. Bound in tan boards, with a spine title lettered in pen. The work appears to be a bibliography of 17th century works on "characters," probably relating to Bliss's 1811 edition of John Earle's Micro-cosmographie. Shelved under "Bliss" with bound manuscript volumes. less

Charles Dudley Massey, Managing Director of Pickering and Chatto, Booksellers, London. To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 1 typescript metter signed : 11 Jun 1952 : (S'ANA 0947m) : from 13, Orange Street, Haymarket, London, W.C.2" (Pickering & Chatto letterhead) : begins, "Thank you for your letter dated May 27th. We have sold the Ingpen Shelley collection en bloc and did not catalogue it ..." With the post-marked and stamped envelope. less

To Henry S. King & Co., publishers : 3 documents : -- 1 memorandum of agreement signed : 11 Jun 1873 : (G'ANA 0033a) : 1¹/₄ p. (single sheet) : for payment to Paul for his Godwin biography. -- 1 receipt of payment signed : 12 Jun 1873 : (G'ANA 0033b) : 1 p. (single sheet) : for £100 for the Godwin biography. -- 1 receipe of payment signed : 14 May 1875 : (G'ANA 0033c) : 1 p. (single sheet) : for another £100 for the Godwin biography. less

To Thomas Hill, book collector : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1800 : (MISC 0389) : from Norton : begins, "I know not how it happened but I have again not received the New London Review ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 May 1800 : (MISC 0390) : from Norton : begins, "I hope I am in time to [?] the [--tion?] in the Monthly Mirror of what relates to the fate of [Farah Floyd?] ..."; also including, "Mr. Robert Bloomfield & his mother Mrs. Glover are with us ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1800 : (MISC 0388) : begins, "I have great satisfaction in what you tell me of the recovery of Mrs. Siddons ..."; including discussion relating to the copyright of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. less

Lady Evelyn Stanhope Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon, wife of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, fourth earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890), British politician. To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 2 autograph letters signed : ca. 1861-1875 : (MISC 3509-3510) : including references to D'Israeli and "household suffrage.". less

Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, English publisher and writer. Holograph manuscript, "The Leipzig Exhibition, 1914" : 1924 : (MISC 1297) : essay written on 3 leaves, front and back ; begins, "Leipzig has always been one of the chief centers of the book trade..." ; formerly laid into the Pforzheimer copy of the Catalogue of the British Section of the International Exhibition of the Book Industry and Graphic Arts (1914). less

Fanny Broadley was probably born in England, ca. 1820, one of four sisters. She married Henry Burrows (to whom she refers intermittently in her diaries); they had four daughters, Lucy, Constance, Mary Alice, and Dorothy. Travel diaries kept by Fanny Broadley : (MISC 4024) : on a trip from England to Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, with her mother, sisters, and two male companions, May-October 1842. Included are descriptions of their meals and lodgings, the people they encountered, lessons in French and Italian, Fanny's drawing and painting, and her thoughts of Henry Burrows, her special friend in England. The diaries are interspersed with small pen and ink and pencil drawings, and a few dried flower specimens. 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

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

H. Montgomery, Mary Rhoads and S. Rhoads remain unidentified. Nine quatrains in ink, on laid paper : (MISC 0988) : begins, "Ah! busy Memory how sharp thy stings / When Joys departed are the painful theme ..."; inscription following poem reads in full, "To S. Rhoads this simple effort of an Humble Muse is / sent by her very sincerely sympathising / H. Montgomery.". less

A collection of twenty-two literary manuscripts by various writers, comprising nearly half of the content of The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI. Submissions were sent to the editor, Frederick Mansel Reynolds, before 1831; few manuscripts are dated, but watermarks range from 1825 to 1830. Contributers include Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Lady Blessington, L.E.L., and over a dozen others. less

Possibly the same John Madox whose Excursions in the Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria was published by Richard Bentley in 1834. Chronicling the author's travels from Venice to Padua, Siena, Forence, the Isle of Elba (visiting Napoleon's house), Pisa, Spezia, and Bagni di Lucca. less

Margaret Bryan, English educator and writer on natural philosophy. She ran a boarding-school for girls at Blackheath from 1795 to 1806, opened a school in London in 1815, and moved to Margate in 1816, where she also ran a school. Her best known works include Compendious System of Astronomy (1797) and Lectures on Natural Philosophy (1806). To Messrs. Lackington & Co., publishers : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : 2 Feb 1811 : (MISC 2011) : saying "if they will send her the Books order'd for Monday Eveng. she will send them copies of the Philosophy in Boards, as before, as she thinks she has enough for that purpose ..." -- 1 autograph letter third person : [20?] Nov [1813?] : (MISC 2012) : requesting they "send her by the Lady who delivers this, a memorandum of the no. of copies of her book exchang'd with them ..." -- Both letters tipped into the William Upcott album of collected letters of eminent women. Shelved under "Upcott" with bound manuscript volumes. 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

To Madame Frohenberg de Schroenfer, hôtel des Etats unis, Rue de Gaillon : 5 autograph letters signed : ca. Nov - Dec 1790 : (MISC 0322-0326) : including an autobiographical account and arrangements for meetings. In some of the letters, Duport-Dutertre addresses the Madame as "ma fée.". less

Maria Benson, British writer. She is the author of a few published novels and the pedagocial essay Thoughts on Education. Benson's sister was Anna Dorothea Montagu -- third wife of Basil Montagu. To Henry Colburn, publisher : 1 autograph letter third person : 18 Dec 1821 : (MISC 2009) : requesting he send her more translation work. Tipped in to William Upcott album of collected letters of eminent women. less

Maria Calcott, Lady Calcott (née Maria Dundas; other married name Graham), English writer and illustrator. To Owen Rees, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed "M. Graham" : 2 Mar 1824 : (MISC 2022) : [no place] : begins, "I find that W. Dighton has forwarded the drawings he was to reduce for the book to you ...". less