William Hayley manuscript material

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{"value"=>"23506", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"Hayley, William, 1745-1820", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"William Hayley manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1792-1818", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1792/1818"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· 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?\".</p><p>· To John Johnson of East Dereham, Norfolk, cousin of William Cowper, the poet : 1 autograph letter signed, \"your ever sincere & affectionate Hermit\" : 15 Jul 1816 : (MISC 4288) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"In my immediate reply to you yesterday, by the returning post, I had not time to speak of our interesting Margaret Perowne...\"; including a ten-line verse epitaph for Margaret Perowne, Johnson's housekeeper.</p><p>· To George Nicol, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jan 1792 : (MISC 4028) : regarding Hayley's biography of Milton, which would be published two years later by Nicol and others as part of the Poetical Works of John Milton; also asking about their mutual friend, the poet Joseph Warton.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>William Hayley, English poet and biographer. His Life of his friend William Cowper was published in 1803.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1792

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1792

date_end

1818

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1792

date_inclusive_end

1818

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3 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"William Hayley manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"William Hayley, English poet and biographer. His Life of his friend William Cowper was published in 1803. &#xB7; 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?\".", "generated"=>true}

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