John Hunt manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Hunt, John, 1775-1848", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"John Hunt manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1821-1837", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1821/1837"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic (his brother) : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Apr 1830 : (H'ANA 0032) : begins, \"At present, circumstances constrain me to apply myself solely to the business in which I am occupied.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Sep 1837 : (H'ANA 0015) : from Red Hill, near Exeter; begins, \"Your note was most acceptable to me, written as it is in a spirit at once peaceful and affectionate.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Monday\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0030) : from 2, Thistle Grove; begins, \"You have the thanks of both your Sister and myself to accpet on the present occasion ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Thursday\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0031) : begins, \"I hear with regret that you are poorly with a pain in your side ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Tuesday Evg.\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0029) : begins, \"I thought I could have managed to have met you ...\".</p><p>· To Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Nov 1821 : (H'ANA 0004) : from Cold Bath Fields Prison; begins, \"You will have the goodness to consider this letter as one of explanation, and in some measure of apology.\".</p><p>· To William Whitton, Shelley's lawyer : 1 account table : [ca. 1824] : (S'ANA 0895) : listing the expenses incurred by the publishing firm of John & Henry L. Hunt in the suppression of their Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley; in an unknown hand, with the address to Whitton (on the verso) possibly in the hand of John Hunt. Tipped in to the front of of Pforzheimer Copy 1 of Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelved as *Pforz 559L 08. The table is published in Roger Ingpen's Shelley in England (1917), p. 584.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>John Hunt, English printer and publisher. He was the brother of Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and literary critic.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1821

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1821

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1837

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1821

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1837

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7 items

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{"value"=>"John Hunt manuscript material : 7 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"John Hunt, English printer and publisher. He was the brother of Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and literary critic. &#xB7; To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic (his brother) : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Apr 1830 : (H'ANA 0032) : begins, \"At present, circumstances constrain me to apply myself solely to the business in which I am occupied.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Sep 1837 : (H'ANA 0015) : from Red Hill, near Exeter; begins, \"Your note was most acceptable to me, written as it is in a spirit at once peaceful and affectionate.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Monday\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0030) : from 2, Thistle Grove; begins, \"You have the thanks of both your Sister and myself to accpet on the present occasion ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Thursday\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0031) : begins, \"I hear with regret that you are poorly with a pain in your side ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Tuesday Evg.\" [no date] : (H'ANA 0029) : begins, \"I thought I could have managed to have met you ...\".", "generated"=>true}

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