Harry Chester manuscript material

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unitid

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

{"value"=>"21980", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Harry Chester manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1834", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1834"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 item"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1834

date_inclusive_end

1834

origination

{"value"=>"Chester, Harry, 1806-1868", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Harry Chester, clerk in the Privy Council office. He was the son of Sir Robert Chetster of Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, who was Master of Ceremonies to George III.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>To \"Sir\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.075) : from Privy Council Office, Downing St. : begins, \"I have to request you will do me the favor to inform me whether the Book of Beauty is still open to contribution ... I have written some lines which have been approved by those who have seen them -- 100 lines rhyming upon a woman's name.\" Though the letter is addressed to \"Sir,\" the recipient was clearly Lady Blessington, editor of the Book of Beauty. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

keydate

1834

prefercite

{"value"=>"Harry Chester manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Harry Chester, clerk in the Privy Council office. He was the son of Sir Robert Chetster of Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, who was Master of Ceremonies to George III. To \"Sir\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.075) : from Privy Council Office, Downing St. : begins, \"I have to request you will do me the favor to inform me whether the Book of Beauty is still open to contribution ... I have written some lines which have been approved by those who have seen them -- 100 lines rhyming upon a woman's name.\" Though the letter is addressed to \"Sir,\" the recipient was clearly Lady Blessington, editor of the Book of Beauty. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 item

date_start

1834

date_end

1834

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