Found 7 collections related to Longman

Longman . Co., London publishing firm. The business's succession of imprints is as follows: (1724) T. Longman; (1725) J. Osborn and T. Longman; (1734) T. Longman; (1745) T. Longman and T. Shewell; (1747) T. Longman; (1753) T. and T. Longman; (1755) M. and T. Longman; (1755) T. Longman; (1793) T. N. Longman, also T. Longman; (1797) Messrs. Longman and Rees; (1799) T. N. Longman and O. Rees; (1800) Longman and Rees; (1804) Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; (1811) Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; (1823) Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; (1825) Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; (1832) Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman; (1838) Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans; (1840) Longman, Orme Co.; (1841) Longman, Brown Co.; (1842) Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; (1856) Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts; (1859) Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts; (1862) Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green; (1865) Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer; (1889) Longmans, Green Co.; (1926) Longmans, Green Co. (LTD.); (1959) Longmans; (1969) Longman (cf. P. Wallis's At the Sign of the Ship 1724-1974). To Jane Porter, novelist : 3 letters : -- 1 letter signed "Longman Co." : 21 Mar [1806?] : (MISC 2526) : from London : probably in the hand of a secretary; begins, "We have looked into the Aphorisms & like them exceedingly." -- 1 letter signed "Longman Co." : 17 Sep 1818 : (MISC 2529) : from Paternoster Row : probably in the hand of a secretary; begins, "We are much concerned to hear from Mr. Orme of your disappointment with regard to your Play ..." -- 1 letter signed "Longman Co." : 11 Sep 1823 : (MISC 2530) : probably in the hand of a secretary; begins, "We shall with pleasure advance you another Hundred pounds whenever it suits your convenience ...". less

Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others. less

Poem signed, "To His Excellency Henry Constantine, Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland" : Dec 1836 : (BLES 2.097) : from Dublin : 2 p.; in a copyist's hand, initialed and dated by Crawford; begins, "Tiberius once (for so his Mother bade) / Will'd that a Temple should to Concord rise, / And Rome her Artists pour'd with all their aid, / To mix its Tow'rs with her congenial Skies..." With a note in another hand explaining that the poem had been forwarded to Lady Blessington. Mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Jane Porter, English novelist. The Jane Porter manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and memoranda. The writings include a holograph poem, "To a friend of the Battle of Waterloo"; an unidentified story fragment; and a draft for an epitaph for her sister, the novelist Anna Maria Porter. The bulk of the correspondence dates from between 1834 and 1846, and much of it is in draft form. Correspondents include Longman Co., the publishers; Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Mary Robinson, the author and actress; and over fifty others. Most of the memoranda list topics to be addressed with certain people when she next sees or writes them. less