Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1823-1851", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1823/1851"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To John Mackenzie Lindsay, Esq., Writer to the Signet : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1851 : (MISC 3472) : detailing an accident which fractured his thigh bone, and appealing for aid for his family.</p><p>· To \"Gentleman\" at the offices of the London Magazine, perhaps the publishers Taylor and Hessey : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1823 : (MISC 3473) : asking for a written explanation of the irregularity in the magazine's production.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Robert Pearse Gillies, Scottish-born poet and writer. He was an early contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and was appreciated by Wordsworth. Gillies's friendship with Sir Walter Scott is discussed in his Memoirs of a Literary Veteran (1851), as is his friendly acquaintance with James Hogg, Thomas De Quincey, John Kemble, Sarah Siddons, John Galt, and others.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1823

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1823

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1851

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1823

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1851

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2 items

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{"value"=>"Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Robert Pearse Gillies, Scottish-born poet and writer. He was an early contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and was appreciated by Wordsworth. Gillies's friendship with Sir Walter Scott is discussed in his Memoirs of a Literary Veteran (1851), as is his friendly acquaintance with James Hogg, Thomas De Quincey, John Kemble, Sarah Siddons, John Galt, and others. &#xB7; To John Mackenzie Lindsay, Esq., Writer to the Signet : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1851 : (MISC 3472) : detailing an accident which fractured his thigh bone, and appealing for aid for his family.", "generated"=>true}

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