Found 3 collections related to Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842

Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life. To Jane Porter, novelist : 2 autograph letters signed ; 28 Jan 1823 (MISC 2617) and 7 Feb 1823 (MISC 2618), both on Porter's efforts to have her brother, Robert Ker Porter, appointed ambassador to Persia. less

John Taylor, English writer and journal editor. · To R. S. Jones, Esq., India Board, Cannon Row : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jul 1821 : (MISC 2376) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Sun Office, Strand : begins, "As I pass your Office I shall leave this note, to say that I cannot allow you to consider yourself as under any obligation to me for the insertion of your letter ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Dec 1821 : (MISC 2377) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Sun Office, Strand : begins, "Your first letter will be in The Sun of this day, and your second shall appear on Monday.". less