John Clare manuscript material

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unitid

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

{"value"=>"19362", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

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

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1819-1831", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1819/1831"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1819

date_inclusive_end

1831

origination

{"value"=>"Clare, John, 1793-1864", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Clare, English working-class poet, best known for his depictions of the English countryside and rural life.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Bound folio volume, 188 p. : ca. 1820-1830 : (MISC 0196) : consisting of nearly 200 poems by Clare. Shelved under \"Clare\" with bound manuscript volumes.|||Assorted papers, in eight parts (A-H) : no date : (MISC 0197) : including memo notes by Clare on six scraps of letters addressed to him ; twelve manuscript poems. Part B includes an autograph document signed to Stamford bookseller Edward Bell Drury, ca. 1818, with note regarding a silver coin that Clare wishes to sell.|||Folio notebook : ca. 1818-1825 : (MISC 0198) : 142 p. ; comprising two separate collections of poems and poem fragments ca. 1818 in pencil; and from 1824-1825, in ink.|||Holograph poem signed, \"Song,\" : ca. 1842 or later : (MISC 1817) : begins: \"Where doth true love dwell ...\".|||2 lines of verse with revisions : ca. 1820 : (MISC 1371i) : Clare's hand is not confirmed. On a letter cover addressed to Lord Radstock, bearing a black wax seal.|||To L. T. Ventouillac, London professor and the editor of The Iris : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 May 1830 (MISC 0116) : containing copies of three poems. Bound with (MISC 0196).|||To Henry Behnes Burlowe, sculptor : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jan. 1831 : (MISC 3789) : regarding Clare's \"Hue and Cry.\" Filed in MISC oversize drawer.</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Also held by the Pforzheimer Collection are seven folders of \"Clareana,\" including letters of Clare's publishers, patrons, and friends, concerning Clare (MISC 1369-1375)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Bound folio volume, 188 p. : ca. 1820-1830 : (MISC 0196) : consisting of nearly 200 poems by Clare. Shelved under \"Clare\" with bound manuscript volumes."}

keydate

1819

prefercite

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

extent_statement

7 items

date_start

1819

date_end

1831

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