Found 7 collections related to Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864

Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. The Thomas Moore manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection includes writings and correspondence. The writings consist of poems and music, including holograph alterations to his printed sheet music, "Thou has sent me a flowery band" (London: Clementi Co., ca. 1818). The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1828-1832 and discusses personal and professional matters, including his works on Lord Byron. Correspondents include: Messrs. Galignani, publishers; James Power, music publisher; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author; and over fifty others. less

Alaric Alexander Watts, English journalist and poet. · To the Rev. Thomas Maude, clergyman and minor poet : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Jun 1830 : (MISC 1590) : 2 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 58 Torrington Square : begins, "I should be more insensible than I am to the merits of good poetry . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jan 1836 : (MISC 1587) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Torrington Square : begins, "Mrs. Watts has requested me to thank you for the elegant little poem . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Feb 1836 : (MISC 1533) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Torrington Square : begins, "I regret that an extract which it was intended should have been made from your poem was unavoidably omitted . . ."; with a newspaper clipping of a review of Maude's School-Boy pasted on page 3 of the letter sheet. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Dec 1837 : (MISC 1589) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Ember Cottage, Thames Ditton : begins, "I have to claim your indulgence for my [?] to notice the new edition of your elegant little volume . . . .". less

The William Jerdan manuscript material in The New York Public Library's Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a number of short pieces that appeared in literary journals. The correspondence dates from 1815 to 1867 and includes letters to Lady Blessington, the writer and literary hostess; Henry Colburn, the publisher; Thomas Hood, the poet and humorist, and a few others. less

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less