Found 50 collections related to Authors%2C English -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Charles Reade, English novelist and playwright. · To Andrew Chatto, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Nov [ca. 1870's] : (MISC 1494) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from 2 Albert Terrace, Knightsbridge : begins, "We made the Defendantspay for your time and lodgings in Edinburgh ...". less

Rowland Edmund Prothero, first Baron Ernle, English author, land agent, and politician. · To Richard Garnett, librarian and author : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Aug 1900 : (B'ANA 0235) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Thorney Abbey - Thorney - Peterborough : in reference to Prothero's edition of Byron's works; begins, "I wrote from Devonshire to ask Mr. Murray to send you a proof of the suppressed preface ...". less

John Russell, first Earl Russell, British Prime Minister and author. · To [?S. R. Townshend Mayer, founder of the Free and Open Church Association and writer] : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Sep 1860 : (H'ANA 0017) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Inverary : body reads in full, "I request you will put down my name, as a subscriber to the Leigh Hunt Memorial Fund." With a mourning border. less

Lady Georgiana Fullerton, English novelist and philanthropist. · To Miss Oldfield : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Nov [no year] : (MISC 4103) : from 27, Chapel Street, Park Lane W.; begins, "The Reverend Mother at Harley House Brunswick Place Marylebone Road would like to see Mary ...". less

Thomas Medwin, English writer and biographer. The Thomas Medwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a holograph essay, "Gossip on Smoking in General, Smokers in particular"; autograph emendations for a next edition in a copy of his Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley; and several poems, including translations from Catullus. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1821 and 1847. Correspondents include Richard Bentley, the printer and publisher; Ferdinand Freiligrath, the German poet and translator; Charles Ollier, the publisher, writer and editor; Jane Williams of the Shelley circle; and over a dozen others. less

George Meredith, English novelist and poet. · Notes and additions to T. L. Peacock's Science of Cookery manuscript : [after 1866?] : (TLP 0065) : 1 volume (42 manuscript leaves; 7 binder's leaves) : [from London?] : emending and expanding some of Peacock's recipes; volume also contains annotations (transcriptions?) in the hand of Meredith's wife, Mary Ellen, Peacock's eldest daughter. Shelved as *Pforz B-R 01. less

John Herbert Slater, English lawyer and writer on book collecting. · To Elliot Stock, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jul 1893 : (MISC 4267) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 35, Tivoli Road, Crouch End, London, H. (printed stationery) : begins, "The copyright in magazine articles lasts the full term of 42 years, but the publisher takes the first 28 if he has paid for the articles ....". less

Anna Brownell Jameson, née Murphy, British writer and art historian. · To Mary Gaskell, wife of Daniel Gaskell, MP for Wakefield : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 May 1836 : (MISC 4057) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Thank you for your kind remembrance invitation for the 17th . . . ." Glued to an autograph letter in the hand of Frances Trollope (MISC 4056), both manuscripts clearly having been removed from an autograph album. Filed under "Trollope.". less

Charles Kingsley, English novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist. · To William Allingham, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Aug 1863 : (MISC 1407) : from Eversley Rectory, Winchfield (embossed stationery); begins, "My pretty friend ..." Mounted in the album of Fifty-nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Allingham.". less

Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author. The Walter Savage Landor manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and documents. The writings include: holograph dialogs from his Imaginary Conversations; holograph poems and epigrams compiled for his Last Fruit off an Old Tree; and holograph poems in Latin and Italian. The bulk of the correspondence dates from between 1833 and 1843. Correspondents include: William Allingham, Irish poet; Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess; and Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader. The documents consist of account sheets of Landor's dealings with his bankers, J. and P. Jones of Abergavenny. less

William Hale White [pseudonym Mark Rutherford], English writer and civil servant. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Oct 1890 : (S'ANA 0914) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Admiralty, S.W. (embossed stationery) : begins, "Some time ago you were good enough to obtain for the folk at Ashtead, where I live, a delivery of letters in the evening.". less

Charles Norris Williamson, English writer. · To H. Buxton Forman, bibliograpger and forger : 3 letters : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 3 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020f) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am about to bublish some illustrations in connection with the Shelley centenary including some original drawings by Lady Shelley . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020d) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I am very sorry, but not surprised to find your letter just received that you cannot undertake the article on Shelley on such short notice." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Aug 1892 : (S'ANA 0020e) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 33 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. (printed stationery of "Black White" magazine) : begins, "I thank you for your letter just received, am glad that you can undertake the Shelley article.". less

Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist. · To "Miss Keary," either Annie or Eliza Keary, writers : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Oct 1871 : (MISC 4091) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester (embossed stationery) : begins, "Will you two maidens make one Gosling? We have one composite one already called Double Daisy consisting of two Miss Pearsons . . . .". less

Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish playwright and novelist, best remembered as the author of Peter Pan. To a Professor Ramsay : 1 autograph letter signed ; 11 Apr 1897 (MISC 1481), begins: "Many thanks for your letter. Yes, it was an [interesting?] visit to my uncle ...". less

Harriet Martineau, English novelist, economist, and social reformer. · Holograph manuscript, "The History of the Thirty Years' Peace, 1816-1846, Book III," signed : 31 Jan 1849 : (MISC 0658) : 304 leaves : [no place] : preface, 2 leaves, signed and dated; the main text leaves divided into six fascicles, each secured with a brass fastener in the top left corner; with many with annotations on the versos. First published by George Bell in 1877. less

Henry F. Cox, British writer. He wrote articles for the Westminster Review, one apparently on Charles and Mary Lamb. To Charles Kent, English writer and journalist : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Apr 1878 : (MISC 3609) : offering "a simple explanation of Mr. C. S. Hall's mistake quoted on p. 22 of your Memoirs," regarding the sanity of Charles and Mary Lamb. less

John Paget, police magistrate and author. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 5 Dec 1856 : (P'ANA 0049) : from [Middle] Temple : begins, "I hope you will not think that I have taken an unwarrantable liberty in sending you at the desire of the Editor (an very old friend of mine) a number of Tait ...". less

Marie Corelli, British popular novelist. To an unidentified "Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : 30 May 1896 : (MISC 4023) 62c : declining an invitation to a "Women Writers Dinner." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 May 1858 : (HWD 06.053) : from 23 Bolton Street, Piccadilly W. : reads in full, "Many thanks for Faust. I forward you a newspaper containing a humble attempt of mine at criticism." Within the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files. less

Lady Violet Greville, née Graham, English writer. To Alma Murray, actress : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 May 1886 : (S'ANA 0482) : [no place] : begins, "I must write you one line to tell you that I went to see the Cenci and was delighted ..." Along with another letter congratulating Murray for her performance in The Cenci, by [A. Haim?] of 1, Portland Place, W., dated 7 May 1886 (S'ANA 0481). less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1841] : (BLES 5.402b) : [no place] : body reads in full, "Very happy to dine with you on Sunday and talk over copyright and all other rights and wrongs." With an excised autograph envelope address panel to Blessington. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Sep [1848] : (BLES 5.402a) : from Norwich : regarding his translation of a story of Tieck's in The Keepsake for 1848, titled "A Dream"; begins, "Please let me have 2 proofs at Tomline's, Orwell Park, Ipswich ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun [no year] : (BLES 5.401a) : from Bawtrey : begins, "I was in town but a few days on my return from Egypt ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 5.401b) : [no place] : body reads in full, "At last 'Circumstance, that most unspiritual God' permits me to accept your kind invitation for Monday."-- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 5.403a) : [no place] : body reads in full, "I send you the proof, dear Lady Blessington, & hope to have time to come & wish you good bye before I leave town." -- All letters to Blessington mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Sir John Bowring, British politician, diplomat, and writer. · Holograph poem, "Buddhist Beatification" : no date : (MISC 4023.04b) : begins, "Abstraction from all cares, all thought, all love ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript material. less

Abraham Hayward, English essayist and translator. His many friendships with significant figures in the literary and political circles of Victorian London resulted in this collection of correspondence. The Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files are chiefly made up of letters addressed to Abraham Hayward by various English writers, politicians and society figures between 1831 and 1884. Among the correspondents represented are: Lord Brougham, lord chancellor; John Wilson Croker, politician and writer; Isaac D'Israeli, writer; W. E. Gladstone, prime minister and author; Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet; Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writer and politician; Lady Sydney (Owenson) Morgan, novelist and hostess; Count D'Orsay, man of fashion; Samuel Rogers, poet; and William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist. A few items in the Files are letters addressed to recipients other than Hayward, some apparently collected by him as autographs. less

Ambrose George Barker, English writer and revolutionary Socialist. He wrote a work on the coinage of Walthamstow (1911), a history of the Walthamstow Working Men's Club (1933) and a biography of Henry Hetherington, radical publisher (1938). Barker was an an active propagandist for anarchism and atheism from 1880 to 1953. He founded the Stratford Dialectical and Radical Club in 1880, which introduced Socialism to East London (cf. Meltzer, A. I couldn't paint golden angels). To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed ; 14 Sep 1899 (S'ANA 0995), offering a copy of T. J. Hogg's The memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff (1813), which Shelley had reviewed. less

Violet Paget [pseud. Vernon Lee], British art historian and writer. To Conte Giovanni Gigliucci, Italian nobleman : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Dec 1893 : (MISC 1323) : from Il Palmerino, Maiano, Florence (printed stationery) : begins, "I have just torn up some basketfulls of MSS; and I should like, if possible, to give them honourable sepulture ..." With the stamped and postmarked envelope. less