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Frank T. Sabin, London rare book and autograph dealer. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Sep 1906 : (S'ANA 0052) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 118, Shaftesbury Avenue, W., London (printed stationery) : begins, "I am returning the proof you were good enough to let me see ..."; along with printed galley proof (2 single-sided sheets) of journal article, "'Queen Mab' and 'The Dæmon of the World,'" with ink corrections in Forman's hand. The article was published in The Athenæum of 14 October 1905. Both items formerly laid in to the Pforzhiemer copy of Queen Mab with Shelley's holograph annotations and drawings. See Shelley and his Circle v. 3, p. 510-511 for brief discussion of the letter. less

Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt, British classical scholar and publicist. · Holograph paper, "Hogg's 'Life of Shelley,'" signed : [ca. Dec 1888] : (S'ANA 0053) : 15 leaves : [from London?] : begins, "'That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world,' says Lord Macaulay, in speaking of Boswell, 'is strange enough. But this is not at all ..."; with a note in Salt's hand in the upper right corner of leaf 1, "Read at Shelley Society Dec 12 '88." Leaf 15 with stamp, postmarks (27 Jul 1889) and address (H. S. Salt / 38 Gloucester Road / Regents Park / N.W.) on verso. The paper was published in 1889 for private circulation as "An Examination of Hogg's 'Life of Shelley.'". less

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

George Augustus Sala, English journalist. · Samuel L. M. Barlow, American lawyer : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Nov 1864 : (MISC 1485) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) : from Thirty-Four West Fourteenth St. N. Y. : begins, "It would be a very sorry requital for the constant kindness and hospitality I have received during many months in your house were I to omit to express to you my very sincere regretthat I should have been compelled to let Mr. August Belmont know my opinion of him under the circumstances of last night ...". 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

Dorothy Leigh Sayers, English writer and scholar. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 1 typescript letter signed : 25 Sep 1950 : (S'ANA 0912.62) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 24, Newland Street, Witham, Essex (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your letter. My pressing trouble at the moment is a vast Festival Play about Constantine the Great, which must be finished this year ...". 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

William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...". less

William Wallace Scott, British painter of miniature portraits and landscapes. · To Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec 1855 : (MISC 1311) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from 3 Power St. Bedford Sqr. : begins, "On rapid perusal of your kind note, my only feeling was one of painful regret at the idea of losing those whom I have ever associated in my mind with all that is most estimable ..."; with the postmarked envelope. less

Anna Seward, English poet and correspondent. · Holograph verses, "If, Lady, thou art fair, take heed, I pray," signed : 5 Sep 1800 : (MISC 3934) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Lichfield : begins, "If, Lady, thou art fair, take heed, I pray, / That more than charms exterior round thee play!" Published appearances of the verses carry the title, "To the lady, whether single or married, who shall charitably purchase this trifle." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album, opposite a mounted engraved portrait of Seward by Woolnoth after Romney. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Benjamin Seymour, English-born industrial inventor in Massachusetts (see F. E. Seymour's Benjamin Seymour in Russia, England and America). · To Mary Hays, writer (his cousin) : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Dec 1794 : (MISC 2211) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Boston : begins, "the last time I has the pleasure of your conversation I recollect your expressing a desire of corresponding with me ..."; addressed to "Eusebia" on the address leaf. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Dec 1795 : (MISC 2212) : from Boston : begins, "Your favour of the 11th May 1 duly recei[ved] and felt myself both instructed and gratified ..."; with a small piece of both leaves of the sheet torn away, affecting some text on page 1. less

Sir John Robert Seeley, English historian. · To Mrs. Lyttelton : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Feb [between 1881 and 1894] : (MISC 1700) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 7 St. Peter's Terrace, Cambridge (embossed stationery) : begins, "By some mistake Mrs. F. Darwin has not got the letter in which my wife explained that you were about to take tickets for us ...". 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

Henry James, Baron James of Hereford, British politician and lawyer. · To Sybella Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton, widow of George Lyttelton, fourth Baron Lyttelton : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jun 1883 : (MISC 1704) : from The Attorney General's Chambers, New Court, Temple, E.C. (engraved stationery) : begins, "A tremendous discussion has been raging for the last 2 minutes (we can not afford more time) between the young gentleman who performs the greater more responsible portion of my duties and myself ...". less

Arthur Severn, English watercolor painter; he was the son of Joseph Severn, the painter and friend of John Keats. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1912 : (S'ANA 0709) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from 9 Warwick Square, S. W. (printed stationery) : begins, "There is an oil picture by my Father -- of Shelley sitting on the top of the Palace of the Caesars or the Baths of Caracalla ...". 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

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and polemicist. · To Maud Russell Lorraine ("Emarel") Freshel, designer and vegetarian activist : 1 autograph presentation inscription signed : [1928, before June] : (S'ANA 1101) : in ink, on the half-title of a first edition copy of Shaw's Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism; reads in full, "to Emeral [sic] / from G.B.S." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shaw, B.) 01. less

James Dykes Campbell, Scottish biographer. · To Thomas James Wise, book collector and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Oct 1889 : (S'ANA 0219k) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 40, West Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am very sorry that you shd have had to remind me that I was behind with my subscription to the Shelley Society . . . .". 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

Philip Yorke, second earl of Hardwicke, British politician and writer. · To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Oct 1756 : (MISC 0250) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Wimple : begins, "I receiv'd your letter of the 3d. instant, together with the pacquet transmitted by Mr. Clevland. You have my sincere thanks . . . .". 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