Found 761 collections.

Elizabeth Georgiana Sanford, née Morgan, wife of Rev. John Sanford, rector of Nynehead, Somerset. · To Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Feb [1849] : (S'ANA 1071) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from C. Place : begins, "I have just heard of Lumley's return and I am sorry to say no Jenny [Lind]!" Enclosed with a 3 Mar 1849 letter from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont (MWS 0151); filed under "Mary Shelley." Sanford's letter is summarized in notes on the Mary Shelley letter in Bennett's Letters of Mary Shelley, v. 3, p. 361. less

Reverend John Sanford, rector of Nynehead, Somerset, and art collector. · To Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jun 1845 : from Corsham Court, Wilt[shire] : begins, "I enclose a letter rec'd this morning from Lord Wm. Lennox stating the particulars of his negotiation with Lumley ..."; with an autograph postscript from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont. Enclosed with a [16 Jun 1845] letter from Mary Shelley to Clairmont (MWS 0159), and the originally enclosed letter from Lennox to Sanford, dated 14 Jun 1845 (S'ANA 1073). Filed under "Mary Shelley." Sanford's letter is summarized in notes on Mary Shelley letter in Bennett's Letters of Mary Shelley, v. 3, p. 187. less

Simon Saunders and Edward John Otley, English publishers. · To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter third person : 21 Nov 1834 : (MISC 2365) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Conduit Street : sending her "a copy of 'Young Hearts' together with those desired by the author ...". less

John Saunders, English writer and editor. · To Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Apr 1847 : (S'ANA 0555) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I have just heard from Mr. Clarke (Darlington) and as if to enhance the altogether gratifying circumstances attending the commencement of our acquaintence he is just about to do me a great service ..."; each line of the letter is transcribed underneath in a neater hand by Mary Cowden Clarke. less

John Scott, Scots-born journalist. · Holograph poem, "England, Just before the victories gained in June 1815" : [watermark = 1815] : (MISC 1373.18) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "O'er England's plains, in common pace, / Men all the usual tasks pursue ...". less

Caroline Antoinette Ellis [other married name Scott], née Colnaghi, of the Colnaghi family of art dealers in London. She was the daughter of Paul Colnaghi, and beginning in November of 1829 was for a time a partner in the family business. Her first husband (m. 1807) was John Scott, the journalist, who died in 1821; her second husband (m. 1840) was [Andrew] Ellis Ellis, né de Vezian, underwriter. She is listed as "Caroline A. Ellis" on the censuses for 1861 and 1871. · To John Taylor, publisher and writer : 1 autograph letter signed "Caroline Scott" : "Thursday" [Feb 1817] : (MISC 1373.12) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Clarendon Square : begins, "I have looked very attentively over the few last lines of the poem - it is my opinion that they had better remain as Mr. Scott has written them ...". less

Sir Walter Scott, Scottish poet and novelist. · To Robert Cadell, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph address (clipping) : [no date] : (MISC 4023.31c) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [no place] : reads in full, "Robert Cadell Esq. / private"; with "Sir Walter Scott Bt." written below in a different contemporary hand, and Scott's red wax armorial seal with motto, "REPARABIT CORNUA PHOEBE." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

S. W. Brown, milliners dress-makers of Edinburgh. Itemized tally of Sir Walter Scott's purchases between May 1818 and March 1823, for dresses and other articles for Scott's wife and daughters. Includes many items for the 1820 wedding of Scott's eldest daughter, Sophia, to John Gibson Lockhart. less

Roundell Palmer, first Earl of Selborne, English lawyer and politician; he served as British Lord Chancellor from 1872-1874 and from 1880-1885. · To John Claremont Whiteman, a director of the East India Company : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jul 1848 : (P'ANA 0056) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Lincoln's Inn : begins, "I wish I had leisure to search for authorities on the classical question to which the paper I return you, relates: -- Mr. Peacock has the advanatage of me in this respect: but his instances do not seem to me at all in point ..." Summarized in N. Joukovsky's Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, v. 2, p. 313, note 6. less

Joseph Severn, English painter. · To Charles Armitage Brown, writer : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1821 : (S'ANA 0058) : 4 pages (double sheet made folio size by pasting two sheets together) : from Rome : begins, "I have got both your letters - the last 21 Aug.t came 19th instant ..."; including, "Why my dear Brown, what sad affair is this? I know not what to say in it - except this - that you are the only one to write Keats's memoir ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1822 : (S'ANA 0059) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "Owing to my journey - and other unsettling [Bores?] - I have only just got your letter ..."; including, "I am just about putting up the grave stone to our Keats ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0060) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "I have just returned from the funeral of poor Shelley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1824 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Lavinia : begins, "West is a hollow 'impfiddle' with never a string to his bow ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1836 : (S'ANA 0062) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "'Tis plain that the further we get apart, the nearer we draw together ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter [signed] : 21 Aug 1838 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 19 Brook St. : begins, "Such a lot of things, but above all the love of 'filthy luck' for I am beginning my 5th peiture here - have prevented me writing to you as I wanted ..."; signature cut away, causing near-complete loss of postscript on p. 4. less

Martin Archer Shee, Irish-born portrait painter and writer. · Holograph poem, "Lines addressed to my daughters, Anna, Mary and Eliza Archer Shee," signed : Nov 1839 : (SHEE 0051a) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Tis said on Mount Ida Minerva and Juno / With Venus of Old for an apple intended ..." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee autograph album. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Shee.". less

Samuel Carter Hall, Irish-born journal editor and writer. · Holograph presentation inscription, signed : [ca. 1879] : (MISC 4217) : on the title-page of a copy of Hall's Memory of Thomas Moore (London: Virtue Co., 1879). Reads in full: "The Editor of Public Opinion / with the compts regards / of SC Hall." Shelved with reference books under "Moore.". less

John Clarke-Whitfeld, English organist and composer. · To [?John Stewart, physician and poet] : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1816 : (B'ANA 0203) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : from Cam[bridge] : begins, "Having altered my plan in respect to the number of songs for my intended publication; and having now determined it shall contain original poetry only (which will render it more valuable to the subscribers) may I request you will favor me with two more little elegant pieces, of the length, and in the style of 'The fair Saracen' 'O I will yield my heart to thee'? . . . ." Also including: "Last week Lord Byron favored me with three [of] the most elegant pieces of poetry . . . I am waiting with much anxiety for the fulfilment of Mr. Walter Scott's promise . . . .". less

Margaret Williams was born on April 6, 1800 in Calcutta, to Robert Williams, a merchant and auctioneer, and his wife, Margaret. Robert Williams died in 1813, leaving his wife to care for Margaret and six other daughters; charitable subscriptions were taken up in India, and donations were solicited in London. At age 16, Margaret married Nathaniel Hudson, a lawyer, with whom she had a number of children. Nathaniel Hudson died in Calcutta in 1846. By the early 1850's, Margaret and her younger children were living in London with her brother-in-law, John Hudson, and other family members, at Upper Lansdowne Terrace in Notting Hill. Margaret Hudson died at age 59, at her home at Avenue Lodge, Southall, on February 19, 1860; she was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. Her youngest daughters, Emily (1836-1904) and Adeline Maria (1838-1911), never married, and lived together into their later years. Reverse calf-bound notebook with "Receipt Book" stamped in black on the spine and "Mrs. N. Hudson / Receipt Book. / 1st Sept 1830" in ink manuscript on the front cover. The first 39 leaves seem to be primarily in one hand, probably that of Hudson herself. Most entries give a source (usually a person, many identified by initials only) and a date. Household and medicinal receipts (for making ink, tooth powder, furniture varnish; cures for the cough, hydrophobia, dysentery, cholera, snake bites, flatulency, etc.) are interspersed with cooking directions for a wide variety of dishes, many reflecting Hudson's life in British India (Cashmerian chutney, Country Captain, fowl curry, kedgeree, etc.). Leaves 40-46 contain mounted recipes written on smaller sheets of paper, some possibly in Hudson's hand. A letter dated 24 August [circa 1860's?] to Emily Hudson from "G. M.," referring to "the accompanying . . . recipes," is laid in. The remaining leaves contain a few printed late 19th century food-related advertisements (Felix Schell, "provider of Parisian dinners"; Domenico Piccirello, "importer of French and Italian produce"; and The American Freezer, "shown in practical operation at The Atomospheric Churn Company") and 20th century recipes, both in manuscript and printed clippings. Five pages at the end, reverso, contain manuscript verses in an early 19th century hand ("Morning Hymn"; "Evening Hymn"; "Lines addressed to Miss M. W."), apparently original and possibly by Nathaniel Hudson. less

Antonio Lega Zambelli, Lord Byron's steward and secretary. · To Mr. Galignani, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jan 1821 : (B'ANA 0780) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) : from Ravenna : in Italian; complaining that in a 14 day period, Lord Byron has only received two issues of Galignani's periodical. less

Eugénie de Vergès, née Choppin d'Arnouville. She was born on September 13, 1774 to René Choppin d'Arnouville, chevalier, a counsellor to Louis XV and president of the Cour des Monnaies; and his wife, Marguerite-Élizabeth de Chazot. On February 4, 1793, in Paris, she married Jacques-Claude de Vergès. Their first son, Marie Fortuné (1794-1864), was a notable civil engineer; their second son, Adolphe Florimond (1795-1875), was a councillor at the Cour de Cassation. Eugénie de Vergès died on April 4, 1843. The larger of the two volumes (89 manuscript pages; 77 total leaves + 4 loose manuscript inserts) is a commonplace book containing original poems, translations, and notes on a variety of subjects. On the front paste-down is a contemporary note ("Ouvrages de Mlle Eugénie Choppin, depuis Mde. Devergès, faits depuis l'anée 1790") and the large engraved stationer's ticket of De Lermoy, Versailles. The smaller volume (40 manuscript pages; 75 total leaves) is chiefly devoted to accounts and contains entries from 1811 to 1840; with the stationer's ticket of Niodot, Place du Vieux Louvre. Both volumes in contemporary green boards. less

Samuel Whitbread, English politician. · To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Mar 1814 : (MISC 3359) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from [?H--------] : relating to Drury Lane Theatre; begins, "It would not become us to surrender a Right of Exemption which you say all the other Theatres are disposed to maintain . . . .". less

William Whitton, English lawyer. · Autograph signatures on verso of indenture agreement : [circa 14 Apr 1800] : (S'ANA 0101h) : 1 page (folded parchment sheet) : legal document regarding the Shelleys and the sale of an estate in Balcombe. Filed under "Timothy Shelley.". less

Charles Whitworth, first Earl Whitworth, English diplomat and politician. · To Miss Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Feb 1825 : (S'ANA 0470) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Knole : begins, "I do assure you that nothing would give me greater pleasure than being able to prove by facts my sincere wish to oblige you. You may depend on my making the application you desire in favor of your nephew." The addressee is probably a relative; Whitworth's mother was the daughter of Richard Shelley, the commissioner of the stamp office, and the niece of Sir John Shelley, fourth baronet (of Michelgrove). less

William Wilberforce, English politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist. · To the Revd. Dr. Phippen : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 May 1815 : (MISC 3979) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Kens[ingto]n Gore : begins, "I am unaffectedly hurt to find that I never answered yr letter concerning Mr Duncan." Tipped into grangerized copy of Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Hazlitt.". less

William IV, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover. · To Dorothy Jordan, actress : 1 autograph letter signed "William" : "Thursday night" [24 Sep 1812] : (MISC 0847) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) + letter cover : from St. James's : begins, "I have found all the dear children quite well and shall keep them tomorrow so that they will not return to you till Saturday . . . ." The letter cover (MISC 0848) with autograph address to "Miss Sketchley," Dorothy Jordan's companion, "at Messrs. Rundle and Williams, Plymouth"; dated "September twenty fifth 1812"; with autograph franking signature ("Clarence") and large armorial red wax seal. less

Helen Maria Williams, English writer. · Autograph signature on receipt : 7 May 1784 : (MISC 1865) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [from London] : documenting her sale of the copyright of "Peru, a Poem" to Thomas Cadell for £21; also stipulating that "in case of a second edition, ten guinea more to be paid . . . .". less

Harriette Wilson, née Dubouchet [married name Rochfort], English courtesan. · To John Anthony Galignani, bookseller : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : "Saturday night" [1825?] : (MISC 3405) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from No. 111 Faubourg St Honoré : regarding her Paris Lions and London Tigers (1825); begins, "Mr Rochfort sent you all the plates yet published by your own order after he had acquainted you with the price . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Hariette Rochfort" : [26 Sep 1825] : (MISC 3406) : 1 page (double sheet) : from No. 91 Rue de Chaillot, Champs Elysées : begins, "We have the 10 11 12 part of the memoirs encluding Stockdales and my own reply to abusive editors of English news papers . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Hariette Rochfort" : 11 Oct [1825?] : (MISC 3407) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 14 Rue Colynee [sic] [?] St Honoré : begins, "I am only in Paris for a few days -- I have just got the 13th part of my memoirs from London . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed signed "Hariette Rochfort" : [27 Jun 1828] : (MISC 3408) : 2 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from [Hô]tel des Languedocien[ne], Rue St Roch Poissonniere, no. 12 : begins, "I have some very fine maps of South America Mexico which MacGregor had collected with much care . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Hariette Rochfort" : 21 Feb [circa 1828?] : (MISC 3409) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 91 Grande Rue de Chaillot, Paris : begins, "I only required and asked for next Sundays Paris Observer and I see you have put me down six months?". less

John Wilson [pseudonym Christopher North], Scottish author and journalist. · To Thomas Hamilton, novelist and travel writer : 1 autograph letter signed : [10 Jun 1835] : (MISC 3487) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I have this moment received your letter to Mr Watson, who tells me he received it two posts ago . . ."; with the post-script: "I will send Wordsworth albums by my son to Kendal.". less

Everina Wollstonecraft, English governess and schoolmistress; she was the sister of Mary Wollstonecraft, the author and advocate of women's rights. · To "My Dear Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [?mid-late June 1821] : (S'ANA 0183) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Hume Street [Dublin] : begins, "I return you the poem -- the perusal of which gave me extreme pain, and pleasure. I had no idea -- no adequate idea of Mr Shelley's great talents till now . . . .". less

Christopher Wordsworth, bishop of Lincoln. He was the nephew of William Wordsworth, the poet. · To A. W. Galignani, publishers : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday" [1828?] : (MISC 3411) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from 4 Rue Mt. Thabor [Paris] : begins, "I have just received the two copies of the splendid edition of Wordsworth's poems . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Oct 1828 : (MISC 3412) : 1 page (double sheet) : from 4 Rue Mt. Thabor [Paris] : begins, "I have endeavored to gratify your wishes by putting upon paper some few hints for your memoir of Mr. Southey . . . .". less

Francis Wrangham, writer and Church of England clergyman. · To the Rev. Henry Hasted, of Bury St. Edmunds : 1 [autograph?] letter signed : 27 Dec 1844 : (P'ANA 0081) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Chester : begins, "As a five minutes amusement to you at this festive season -- of which I wish you many happy returns . . ."; written on page [3] of a double sheet, page [1] of which bears Wrangham's printed "Epigrams.". less

Frances Wright, Scots-born social reformer and promoter of women's rights. · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter (incomplete) : 18 Dec 1822 : (MISC 3731) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Paris - 9 Rue de la Pepiniere, St Honoré : begins, "I owe you many warm acknowledgments my kind friend for your promised assistance . . ."; including a discussion of her relationship with Lafayette: "General L- is to me a father . . . .". less

Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, British politician. · To Mary Ann Watts Hughes, diarist : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Jul 1839 : (MISC 3839) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Grafton Street : begins, "As the different account which I had heard of Southey had made me very uneasy I wrote to Dr. Southey . . . .". less

Slim scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other materials collected over a hundred-year period relating to the 1839 trial of Archibald Bolam for the murder of Joseph Millie in Newcastle, England. A late 19th/early 20th-century manuscript note at the front explains that some of the clippings were collected by "the late William Brockie, author of the Folks of Shields, Sunderland Notables, " With an 1856 clipping from the Sydney Morning Herald bearing Bolam's autograph note and initials in ink; an 1838 engraving of the Royal Arcade in Newcastle, by J. Sands after T. Allom; an 1839 manuscript "Statement of the Millie Fund"; and a 1931 photograph of the sun-dial made and presented by Bolam in 1857 to the Sydney Botanical Gardens. less