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Creator
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Richardson, S
Physical description
20 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Access to materials
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Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence, as well as a pencil portrait of the author.

Biographical/historical information

Samuel Richardson was an English novelist.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence, as well as a pencil portrait of the author. The manuscripts consist of essays and poems about the author by William Cowper, Lady Eliza Echlin, and Sir Walter Scott. The correspondence consists of letters, dating from 1746 to 1761, from the author to Elizabeth Carter and Lady Eliza Echlin. There are letters to Richardson from Elizabeth Carter, Colley Cibber, Edward Young and others, dating from 1749 to 1760.

The Samuel Richardson collection of papers are arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.