William Roscoe manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Roscoe, William, 1753-1831", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"William Roscoe manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· Holograph verses, \"Hymn\" : 20 October 1819 : (MISC 4023.16b) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"What is the first and greatest command? / To love thy God above . . .\"; with two emendations; Roscoe's autograph signature, apparently clipped from a letter, is mounted at the foot of the page. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Thomas Cadell the younger, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 March 1826 : (MISC 4476) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Toxteth Park : begins, \"My friend [John] McCreery having sent me in his account for printing the 3d part of my observations on criminal jurisprudence . . . .\".</p><p>· To Henry Fuseli, painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Jun 1804 : (MISC 3754) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Liverp[ool] : beginning with a quotation from Shenstone (\"The charm dissolves, the aerial music's past, The banquet ceases, & the vision flies\"), and continuing, \"Such are the sensations, my dear Friend, with which I look back on the hours we lately passed together at Allerton . . . .\".</p><p>· To Joseph Cooper Walker, antiquarian : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 December 1799 : (MISC 4475) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Liverpool : begins, \"I am greatly obliged by your kind communication informing me that the publication of Goetz of Berlingen in Dublin had done me the honour of attributing to me the translation . . . .\".</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>William Roscoe, English historian and patron of the arts.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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4 items

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

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{"value"=>"William Roscoe, English historian and patron of the arts. &#xB7; Holograph verses, \"Hymn\" : 20 October 1819 : (MISC 4023.16b) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"What is the first and greatest command? / To love thy God above . . .\"; with two emendations; Roscoe's autograph signature, apparently clipped from a letter, is mounted at the foot of the page. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes.", "generated"=>true}

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