Frederick L. Jones manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Jones, Frederick L. (Frederick Lafayette), 1901-", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Frederick L. Jones manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1951-1958", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1951/1958"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 13 letters; all with the envelopes, on University of Pennsylvania English Department stationery; all addressed from 4537 Pine Street, Philadelphia 43, Pa. : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 15 Aug 1951 : (S'ANA 0947.a01) : begins, \"I am always glad to hear from Shelley addicts and collectors ...\"; mentioning his \"error\" with regard to the illustration of E. E. Williams \"from a sketch by himself.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Dec 1951 : (S'ANA 0947.a02) : not having received a reply from Rutan, wondering if his letter had been delivered; begins, \"Last summer I was much pleased to have your letter of August 8 from Maine.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Feb 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a03) : begins, \"Your failure to answer my letters of August 15 and December 3 is so unaccountable that I am beginning to wonder if by your letter of last August 8 you were 'pulling my leg' ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a04) : begins, \"I was delighted to have your letter of March 1st and with it a dispersal of the mystery which has surrounded our correspondence ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a05) : begins, \"Has our correspondence again suffered from Post Office inefficiency?\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Apr 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a06) : begins, \"I am delighted that you are coming down on Saturday, May 3.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jun 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a07) : mentioning Rutan's transcription of E. E. Williams's diary; begins, \"Since in your letter of May 19 you said you were sending the photostats in a day or so, I was waiting to announce to you their arrival. They have not come yet ...\" -- 12 Jun 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a08) : begins, \"Thank you so much for the photostats of the one Shelley & the fine Mary Shelley and the one Godwin letters.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jul 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a09) : begins, \"I have been tardy in acknowledging receipt of the [Arlington?] Park sale catalogue ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Sep 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a10) : begins, \"Your letter of August 5 found me in the midst of graduate final examinations ...\" -- 1 inscription signed : [31 Jan 1953] : (S'ANA 0947.a11) : on an offprint from Modern Language Quarterly of Jones's 1952 essay, \"Macaulay's Theory of Petry in Milton.\" -- -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Sep 1954 : (S'ANA 0947.a12) : begins, \"Thanks for your card last August from Cape Porpoise.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 May 1958 : (S'ANA 0947.a13) : begins, \"You are truly an astonishing correspondent. After passing over half a dozen of my letters of two or three years ago, you write me a nice letter which gives no hint of your long silence.\" Also held is an empty envelope from Jones to Rutan, stamped with the date of 16 Sep 1952.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Frederick L. Jones, American professor and scholar of British Romanticism. His 1964 edition of the collected letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley remains the authoritative text of Shelley's correspondence.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1951

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1951

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1958

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1951

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1958

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13 items

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{"value"=>"Frederick L. Jones manuscript material : 13 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Frederick L. Jones, American professor and scholar of British Romanticism. His 1964 edition of the collected letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley remains the authoritative text of Shelley's correspondence. &#xB7; To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 13 letters; all with the envelopes, on University of Pennsylvania English Department stationery; all addressed from 4537 Pine Street, Philadelphia 43, Pa. : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 15 Aug 1951 : (S'ANA 0947.a01) : begins, \"I am always glad to hear from Shelley addicts and collectors ...\"; mentioning his \"error\" with regard to the illustration of E. E. Williams \"from a sketch by himself.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Dec 1951 : (S'ANA 0947.a02) : not having received a reply from Rutan, wondering if his letter had been delivered; begins, \"Last summer I was much pleased to have your letter of August 8 from Maine.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Feb 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a03) : begins, \"Your failure to answer my letters of August 15 and December 3 is so unaccountable that I am beginning to wonder if by your letter of last August 8 you were 'pulling my leg' ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a04) : begins, \"I was delighted to have your letter of March 1st and with it a dispersal of the mystery which has surrounded our correspondence ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a05) : begins, \"Has our correspondence again suffered from Post Office inefficiency?\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Apr 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a06) : begins, \"I am delighted that you are coming down on Saturday, May 3.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jun 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a07) : mentioning Rutan's transcription of E. E. Williams's diary; begins, \"Since in your letter of May 19 you said you were sending the photostats in a day or so, I was waiting to announce to you their arrival. They have not come yet ...\" -- 12 Jun 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a08) : begins, \"Thank you so much for the photostats of the one Shelley the fine Mary Shelley and the one Godwin letters.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jul 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a09) : begins, \"I have been tardy in acknowledging receipt of the [Arlington?] Park sale catalogue ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Sep 1952 : (S'ANA 0947.a10) : begins, \"Your letter of August 5 found me in the midst of graduate final examinations ...\" -- 1 inscription signed : [31 Jan 1953] : (S'ANA 0947.a11) : on an offprint from Modern Language Quarterly of Jones's 1952 essay, \"Macaulay's Theory of Petry in Milton.\" -- -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Sep 1954 : (S'ANA 0947.a12) : begins, \"Thanks for your card last August from Cape Porpoise.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 May 1958 : (S'ANA 0947.a13) : begins, \"You are truly an astonishing correspondent. After passing over half a dozen of my letters of two or three years ago, you write me a nice letter which gives no hint of your long silence.\" Also held is an empty envelope from Jones to Rutan, stamped with the date of 16 Sep 1952.", "generated"=>true}

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