Dionysius Lardner manuscript material

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{"value"=>"23637", "type"=>"local_mss"}

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{"value"=>"Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Dionysius Lardner manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1831-1832", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1831/1832"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· Holograph attestation signed : [ca. 1831] : (HWD 03.055) : on a letter cover fragment, stamped 15 Dec 1831, addressed to Lardner from the poet James Montgomery, with Montgomery's closing signature; Lardner's note reads in full, \"Autograph of James Montgomery / author of The World before the Flood &c. / D. L.\" Letter cover bears Montgomery's monogram wax seal. Apparently given to Abraham Hayward as an autograph specimen. Within the Abraham Hayward correspondence files.</p><p>· Holograph attestation signed : [ca. 1832] : (HWD 5.067) : on a letter cover, stamped 13 Jan [1832?], addressed to Lardner from the writer Sismondi; Lardner's note reads in full, \"The handwriting of the celebrated Sismondi / author of the \"Italian Republics\" &c. &c. / D.L.\" Apparently given to Abraham Hayward as an autograph specimen. Within the Abraham Hayward correspondence files.</p><p>· To [Sir John Bowring?] : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 4023.38c) : from 18 St James Square : begins, \"I am so pressed with engagements that I cannot fix a time for the S. J. ...\" Mounted within the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p>"}

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1831

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1831

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1832

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1831

date_inclusive_end

1832

prefercite

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

abstract

{"value"=>" &#xB7; Holograph attestation signed : [ca. 1831] : (HWD 03.055) : on a letter cover fragment, stamped 15 Dec 1831, addressed to Lardner from the poet James Montgomery, with Montgomery's closing signature; Lardner's note reads in full, \"Autograph of James Montgomery / author of The World before the Flood / D. L.\" Letter cover bears Montgomery's monogram wax seal. Apparently given to Abraham Hayward as an autograph specimen. Within the Abraham Hayward correspondence files.", "generated"=>true}

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