Charles Wells manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"24109", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Wells, Charles, 1800-1879", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Charles Wells manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"circa 1824-1835", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1824/1835", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>· Holograph verses, \"Joseph seated at Pharoah's side\" : [circa 1870's] : (MISC 2115) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : [no place] : for insertion into a new edition of Wells's Joseph and his Brethren; begins, \"Joseph / In exaltation seek humility / Oh mortal glory what art thou compared . . . .\" With a slip attached, reading, \"Please place this where Joseph at Pharoahs command is seated beside him.\".</p><p>· To R. H. Horne, poet and critic : 10 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 2101) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I received your note but the notice was too short for me to be able to see you.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1824] : (MISC 2102) : 6 pages (1 double sheet + 1 single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"A division between illness (of others) and business has kept me from visiting . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : \"Monday\" : (MISC 2103) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"This weather is irresistible. I came to town this morning . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [12 Dec 1827] : (MISC 2104) : 1 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"In consequence of having rec.d a Commission of Bankrupt to work with . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Feb 1828 : (MISC 2105) : 2 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"I did not return to town till last night . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [4 Feb 1828] : (MISC 2106) : 1 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"Upon returning to town this morning I found amongst others a note . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [1 May 1828] : (MISC 2107) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"Being disappointed in getting to you this week . . . .\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [8 Oct 1829] : (MISC 2108) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from L. B. C. : begins, \"I have found my way to chambers this day.\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : [9 Dec 1831] : (MISC 2109) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from L. B. C., F. C. St. : [beginning of letter torn away, also affecting text on page 2]; including a copy of a letter from Horne's mother, Maria, to Wells. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Nov 1835 : (MISC 2110) : 2 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Broxbourne : begins, \"I have had no one to abuse me for a sight of time . . . .\".</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Charles Jeremiah Wells, English lawyer and poet.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1824

keydate

1824

date_end

1835

date_inclusive_start

1824

date_inclusive_end

1835

extent_statement

11 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"Charles Wells manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Charles Jeremiah Wells, English lawyer and poet. &#xB7; Holograph verses, \"Joseph seated at Pharoah's side\" : [circa 1870's] : (MISC 2115) : 1 &#xB9;/&#x2082; pages (single sheet) : [no place] : for insertion into a new edition of Wells's Joseph and his Brethren; begins, \"Joseph / In exaltation seek humility / Oh mortal glory what art thou compared . . . .\" With a slip attached, reading, \"Please place this where Joseph at Pharoahs command is seated beside him.\".", "generated"=>true}

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