Found 53 collections related to Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. This is a synthetic collection that includes literary manuscripts and correspondence by Mary Shelley. The manuscripts include one holograph poem ("Stanzas") and one transcript of a poem by her husband, P. B. Shelley ("To the L[or]d C[hancello]r"). The correspondence dates from between 1822 and 1847. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, her stepsister; Leigh Hunt, the journalist and critic; John Howard Payne, the actor and writer; and a few others. Also held are copies of forty letters from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont, in the in the hand of Clairmont's niece, Paola Clairmont. less

Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some autograph corrections of printed proof sheets (La Saisiaz and Jocoseria), and one holograph sonnet, "Tutti ga I so gusti e mi go I mii." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1876 and 1887 and discusses both his professional and personal life, and his Shelley related interests. Correspondents include: Sarah Anne FitzGerald, learned lady ; H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger ; Ellen Heaton, art collector and philanthropist ; George Barnett Smith, author and journalist ; and over forty others. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 29 Dec 1837 : (MISC 0994) : thanking her for Christmas presents, with family news and flattery on her work in Gems of Beauty. -- 16 Jun 1840 (MISC 3535) : sending his poem "The Usher" [no longer enclosed] for publication in one of her journals. less

To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Aug 1855 : (S'ANA 0049) : from Bute St. Old Brompton : begins, "We have missed you grievously on Wednesday evenings, and we laid the blame on the unsettled state of the weather ...". less

Hugh Owen, Welsh campaigner for education. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1844 : (S'ANA 0285) : from Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset House : relating a story of a financial transaction of Percy Bysshe Shelley's; begins, "According to the kind permission which you gave me this morning I now beg to lay before you the claim of my old friend ...". less

These items were acquired together, forming a manuscript collection relating to Shelley's Bath upholsterers, English & Becks. Included are letters, documents, and contemporary copies to and from people associated with the following firms: Bell De Young and Co., merchant banking house of Leghorn ; R. G. & H. R. Burfoot, London solicitors ; the Pelican Life Insurance Company ; Tugwell, McKenzie & Co., banking firm ; and the following individuals: Richard Else, Bath solicitor ; Captain Daniel Roberts, superintendant of the building of Shelley's boat ; and Sir Timothy Shelley. less

William Roberts (fl. 1812-1844), surgeon of Carnarvon, Wales; he was elected mayor of Carnarvon in 1832. · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Jun 1844 : (S'ANA 0283) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Uxbridge Place, Carnarvon N[orth] W[ales] : begins, "Having lately seen an acct. of the death of Sir Timothy Shelley, may I be allowed to hope you will pardon the liberty of my troubling you on the following subject. About 30 years since his son Mr. P.B. Shelley was arrested in this town for a sum of money which he owed ...". less

One letter from English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, dated January 26, 1820, at Firenze to friend John Gisborne at Livorno. Letter notes that he is "taking advantage of weather to go as far as Pisa." Also present is an envelope addressed in Shelley's hand for an unrelated letter. less

· To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891. less

John Slatter, English plumber and glazier. · To Sir Timothy Shelley, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0279) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Oxford : begins, "In consequence of your son's death I again applied to Mr Longdill to settle my account against your son but can obtain no answer ..."; with some contemporary ink notes in an unidentified hand explaining Slatter's relationship with Sir Timothy. less

A fourteen-stanza manuscript draft in the hand of "D.M.," an otherwise unidentified versifier; begins, "Oh thou, among poets the first / in proud Britannia nurst ..."; with a number of deletions and corrections. Along with an earlier draft of stanzas VIII through XIV of the same poem (S'ANA 0630b), and what appears to be a fragment of an early draft of stanza I (S'ANA 0630c), which begins, "Immortal Spirit! / the mighty youth, who first, / [---n] Anglia's bosom nurst ...," though it is marked as being "by C.N." Also with a one page draft of another poem by D.M., "A Letter to Aristarchus Carlie, Esq." (S'ANA 0630d), which, along with the ode to Shelley, was published in R. Carlile's journal The Lion, volume 3, number 11, on Friday, March 13, 1829. less

John Lawless, Irish nationalist and journal editor. · To Thomas Jefferson Hogg, barrister and friend of Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 May 1813 : (H'GANA 0008) : from 35 Great Cuffe St., Dublin : inquiring for news of the Shelleys; begins, "I take the liberty of trusting you with these few lines expressed by you [?] our good friends the Shelleys ..."; on the adjoining leaf of the lettersheet is a letter (HOGG 0105) from Hogg to Harriet Shelley, forwarding Lawless's letter ("Lawless has had the impudence to send me the paper on whch I write."). On the verso of the Lawless letter is a note (S'ANA 0064) from Harriet Shelley in reply to Hogg ("Bysshe is better now ..."). Filed under Hogg. less

John Hunt, English printer and publisher. He was the brother of Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and literary critic. · To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic (his brother) : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Apr 1830 : (H'ANA 0032) : begins, "At present, circumstances constrain me to apply myself solely to the business in which I am occupied." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Sep 1837 : (H'ANA 0015) : from Red Hill, near Exeter; begins, "Your note was most acceptable to me, written as it is in a spirit at once peaceful and affectionate." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [no date] : (H'ANA 0030) : from 2, Thistle Grove; begins, "You have the thanks of both your Sister and myself to accpet on the present occasion ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [no date] : (H'ANA 0031) : begins, "I hear with regret that you are poorly with a pain in your side ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday Evg." [no date] : (H'ANA 0029) : begins, "I thought I could have managed to have met you ...". less

Rosalind ("Dina") Hunt, née Williams, daugher of Jane and Edward Ellerker Williams, friends of the Shelleys. She married Henry Sylvan Leigh Hunt, the son of Leigh Hunt, and with him had six children. · Pen drawing with ink wash, "Shelley's Tomb, Rome" : [no date] : (H'ANA 0026) : 32 x 20.5 cm; mounted. Filed with SC oversized manuscripts. less

Reversed calf album with marbled endpapers and 78 total leaves (many blank), containing transcripts of letters by and about Shelley family members, Shelley family pedigrees, and various genealogical notes tracing the Shelleys from the Norman conquest of England; the latest recorded date is 1813 and the latest watermark is 1815. Among the 11 loosely inserted items (a-k) is a watercolor, inkwash and gold rendering of the coat of arms of the family of Shelley of Michaelgrove. less