J. A. Hessey manuscript material

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{"value"=>"23516", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"Hessey, J. A. (James Augustus), 1785-1870", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"J. A. Hessey manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1818-1825", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1818/1825"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To John Taylor, publisher and writer (his business partner) : 2 items -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1818 : (H'ANA 0091) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : relating to the copyright and profits of Leigh Hunt's Story or Rimini; begins, \"Mr. Hunt has sent the twenty guineas ...\"; With a copied extract, in Hessey's hand, of a letter from Shelley to Hunt relating to the situation, on page 3 of the letter sheet. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jan [1825] : (MISC 1382a) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"When I came home last night I found a letter from S[outhern] which I enclose. I sent your letter this morning enclosed in one from myself of which I send you a copy ...\"; along with the copy of Hessey's letter to Henry Southern (MISC 1382b) on a separate single sheet.</p><p>· To Henry Southern, journalist and diplomat : 3 items -- 1 autograph letter (copy) signed : 5 Jan 1825 : (MISC 1382b) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I am very sorry I've not send [sic] you an acct. earlier ...\" -- 1 autograph letter (copy? draft?) unsigned : [15 Jul 1825] : (MISC 1374w) : 1 page (on page 3 of double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"If you can get the bill discounted all difficulty is at an end ...\"; written on a letter from Southern to Hessey. Filed under \"Southern.\" -- 1 autograph letter (draft) unsigned : [Jun 1825] : (MISC 1383f) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"In your note of the 14th Inst. to Mr. Taylor in which you state that you agree to take the whole of our interest in the L[ondon] M[agazine] for 1000£ ...\"; with two cancelled lines on the verso.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>James Augustus Hessey, English bookseller and printer. In partnership with John Taylor at 93 Fleet Street, Hessey published early work by Keats and owned the London Magazine (1821-5).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1818

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1818

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1825

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1818

date_inclusive_end

1825

extent_statement

5 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"J. A. Hessey manuscript material : 5 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"James Augustus Hessey, English bookseller and printer. In partnership with John Taylor at 93 Fleet Street, Hessey published early work by Keats and owned the London Magazine (1821-5). &#xB7; To John Taylor, publisher and writer (his business partner) : 2 items -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1818 : (H'ANA 0091) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : relating to the copyright and profits of Leigh Hunt's Story or Rimini; begins, \"Mr. Hunt has sent the twenty guineas ...\"; With a copied extract, in Hessey's hand, of a letter from Shelley to Hunt relating to the situation, on page 3 of the letter sheet. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jan [1825] : (MISC 1382a) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"When I came home last night I found a letter from S[outhern] which I enclose. I sent your letter this morning enclosed in one from myself of which I send you a copy ...\"; along with the copy of Hessey's letter to Henry Southern (MISC 1382b) on a separate single sheet.", "generated"=>true}

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