Found 47 collections related to Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

Theodosia Trollope, née Garrow, English writer. She made her literary début as a poet in 1839; some of her verses appeared in Heath's Book of Beauty, edited by Lady Blessington. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1840 : (BLES 3.195c) : from Braddons, Torquay : begins, "I wish I coudl express how deeply I feel your great kindness in offering to assist me in what must be (to me) a very fearful undertaking." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Nov 1840 : (BLES 3.195b) : from Braddons : begins, "Permit me to thank you very sincerely for the two beautiful annuals which your kindness has made mine ..." With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : (BLES 3.195a) : from Braddons : begins, "Why will you leave me without one word of thanks to offer in return for your kind and most beautiful gifts?" With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. 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

Sir George Hill, third Baronet Hill of Brook Hall, Irish nobleman. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Sep 1835 : (BLES 3.228) : from Lismona[g]han : begins, "Had I not fully expected to have been in England long before this, I should have done myself the honor of writing to your Ladyship to say that on my explaining to Mr. Gardiner what you told me about the plate at Rundle Bridges, he at once consented to give it up ..." -- Mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. less

Grantley F. Berkeley, English politician and sportsman. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 7 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.049a) : from Berkeley House : begins, "I have seen [Frederick Mansel] Reynolds to-day respecting his publication in the Keepsake of two tales of mine, and he thinks he cannot insert both." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.047a) : from Berkeley House : begins, "Mr. Reynolds has not kept his appointment with me ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.049b) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "I am shocked to hear of poor James Fitzroy's death." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.050a) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "Having told some of my friends who do me the honour of having the least interest in my writings, that there will be a tale of mine in the Book of Beauty, perhaps you will oblige me by a note in that book on the subject, stating that it was received, but omitted for certain reasons." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1835 : (BLES 1.048b) : from Berkeley Castle : begins, "Many thanks for your very kind letter, which I forwarded to Messrs. Saunders & Otley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1835 : (BLES 1.050b) : from Berkeley Castle : begins, "Your letter reached me on my return from hunting this afternoon ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Nov 1835 : (BLES 1.048a) : from Harrold Hall : begins, "Let me congratulate you on the immeasurable superiority of thye Book of Beauty over The Keepsake which, as D'Orsay truly observes, is on its last legs." -- All letters to Lady Blessington in v. 1 of the Blessinton Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Manuscript copy, "Extract from a Sermon on Repentance," by Dr. Samuel Parr : [watermark = 1836] : (BLES 3.230) : 1 p.; begins, "The infinite importance of what he has to do, the goading conviction that it must be done, the utter inability of doing it ..." Published in R. R. Madden's Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, v. 2, p. 262. -- Manuscript mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Harry Chester, clerk in the Privy Council office. He was the son of Sir Robert Chetster of Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, who was Master of Ceremonies to George III. To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.075) : from Privy Council Office, Downing St. : begins, "I have to request you will do me the favor to inform me whether the Book of Beauty is still open to contribution ... I have written some lines which have been approved by those who have seen them -- 100 lines rhyming upon a woman's name." Though the letter is addressed to "Sir," the recipient was clearly Lady Blessington, editor of the Book of Beauty. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Apr 1849 : (BLES 1.080) : from 15 Victoria Square, Pimlico : begins, "The tone of the Grand Opera is assuredly not deep or serious; & as you know, I am at the best of times shy and tongue-tied -- worse and worse, I think, every year." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 May 1849 : (BLES 1.081) : from 15 Victoria Square, Pimlico : begins, "For the last ten days I have been meaning to write a line in acknowledgement of your first truly kind letter." -- Both letters mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, British Tory politician. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [21 Aug 1841] : (BLES 1.078) : [no place] : begins, "We are just going to Versailles, dear Lady Blessington, to see the Duchesse de Grammont ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1843 : (BLES 1.077) : from Rome : begins, "Many, very many thanks for your kind letter; you can not conceive what real pleasure I received when your letter arrived..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 1.076) : [no place] : begins, "I can never sufficiently thank you for your most beautiful present; but I do not think I can ever have the courage to order so precious a remembrance to be made into a cushion-case." -- All letters mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Apr 1820 : (BLES 2.096) : begins, "I do myself the honor of obeying your Ladyship's wishes to have four lines of my writing ..." Mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe Abell, Napoleon's pet English child at St. Helena, where her father was Navy agent. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1847 : (BLES 1.005a) : requesting to include Blessington in the subscription list for the forthcoming Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon. Within v. 1 of the Blessington Papers manuscript albums. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

John Bostock, English painter and draftsman. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter third person : 30 Jan 1839 : (BLES 1.068) : from 21 Brazen-nose St., Manchester : regretting that he'd "neglected sending up Lady Gardner's portrait, more particularly as he has been paid for the drawing"; also promising portraits of Lady Charlotte and Mrs. Ashby. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

John George Lambton [nicknamed "Radical Jack"], first earl of Durham, English politician. · To Henry William Paget, first marquess of Anglesey, army officer and politician : 1 autograph letter (fragment) : 24 Nov 1837 : (BLES 2.143) : from Gov. House, Fredericton, New Brunswick : begins, "Few circumstances connected with my advancement to this command have occasioned me such sincere satisfaction as your note ..." Mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Keppel Richard Craven, Britsih traveller and writer. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Aug 1835 : (BLES 2.092) : from Pente, near Salerno : begins, "Your last kind letter, and the very flattering expressions it contained, ought to have received an earlier answer ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Apr 1836 : (BLES 2.093) : from Naples : begins, "I hope you will not judge of the impression your last kind letter produced upon me, by the tardiness I have observed in replying to it ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jun 1836 : (BLES 2.094) : [no place] : begins, "You have my best thanks for the two numbers of the Athenaeum you were so good as to send me..." -- All letters mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess. The Lady Blessington manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection includes writings and correspondence. The writings consist mainly of poems, including odes to the British writers L.E.L. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. Also held are notebooks of Lady Blessington's "aphorisms," essays, and story pieces, as well as a biographical account of Captain Charles Hesse, "amatory correspondent" of Princess Charlotte. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1835 to 1840 and discusses her work on the literary magazines and publishing, and friend and family matters. Correspondents include: William Beattie, physician and poet; William Jerdan, journalist; Richard Robert Madden, her biographer; Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comedian Charles Mathews; and over two dozen others. 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

Holograph memorandum signed : [1855?] : (BLES 4.281) : 1 p.; explaining references in the correspondence of Walter Savage Landor to the Revd. Julius Hare; begins, "Among the letters of Mr. Landor frequent reference will be found to a young friend a clergyman subsequently well known in English Ecclesiastical literature ..." Mounted in v. 4 of the Blessington Papers. less

Sir Alured Clarke, British army officer and colonial governor. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Dec 1819 : (BLES 1.082) : from Mansfield Street : begins, "I am very much flattered and gratified by the receipt of your extremely kind Note, so expressive of that friendship that you and Lord Blessington have always shown me ..." Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Holograph poem signed, "To Lady Blessington" : 2 Jan 1849 : (BLES 1.067a) : 1 p.; in ink; begins, "When wintry winds in wild career, / Howl requiems for the bygone year ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, British politician and diplomat. From 1816 to 1849 he was known as Lord Albert Conyngham. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : "Wednesday" [ca. mid 1830's?] : (BLES 1.087a) : from Hill St. : begins, "I send you a rather absurd little German story; it has the advantage of brevity." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : "Thursday" [ca. mid 1830's?] : (BLES 1.087b) : from Hill St. : begins, "Upon second thought, I have made up my mind that it would not do to change the era of my story; -- it would appear more ridiculous than it is already, were it supposed to be occurring in the 16th cent.y ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed "Albert Conyngham" : 29 Nov 1835 : (BLES 1.088) : from Yedling : begins, "I have just heard from Mr. Denison that you have been kind enough to send a Book of Beauty for me to Pall Mall..."; includes comment on the marriage of the marriage between the Duke of Norfolk and Lady Charlotte Bury, "how on earth can they have thought of such a thing?" With the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct [between 1827 and 1838] : (BLES 5.428) : [no place] : in French; begins, "Ma femme m'a dit qu'elle ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 3 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday night" : (BLES 1.086a) : [no place] : begins, "I am sorry to say there are various things -- none of them all, nor all of them, worth one course of yr dinner -- fixed for t-morrow in the House of Lords; and I must therefore beg you not to wait dinner one minute for me ..." With the excised address from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Feb 1849 : (BLES 1.086b) : [no place] : begins, "I am very sorry you have had so much trouble with the picture. It is returned, & the frame is here." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Apr [1849] : (BLES 1.083) : [no place] : begins, "I have been in the country all wee (altho'it seems my ghost appeared to some reporter at Covt Garden Opera on Tuesday, where I was not) ..." -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. 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

Poems : [no date; ca. 1820's?] : (BLES 2.162a) : 2 p.; four short poems on one folded lettersheet, copied in an unidentified hand; apparently done for Lady Blessington; including "Extempore on a Yard of Flannel"; "On Walter Scott's Poem entitled The Field of Waterloo"; "On presenting Buonaparte's [spurs?] to the Prince Regent"; and "An Inscription for the Lap dog of the Countess of Blessington." Along with a copied address (in the same hand), "Conclusion of a Speech attributed by Lord Erskine to Lord Viscount Stafford" (BLES 2.162b). In v. 2 of the Blessington Papers. less

Thomas Longman, English publisher. He was the older son of Thomas Norton Longman (1771-1842), and the brother of William Longman (1813-1877), both of whom were his business partners at the Longman & Co. publishing firm. From 1842-1850 the company's imprint was "Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans" (cf. Maxted's London book trades). To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Nov 1842 : (BLES 3.258a) : from Pater Noster Row : begins, "I beg your acceptance of a little work we have just published which may afford you some amusement..."; with an excised stamped envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul [watermark = 1843] : (BLES 3.260b) : from Pater Noster Row : begins, "If it were not for the annoyance occasioned to you by the insane writer of the letter you enclose me, I should consider his statements and letter of no consequence whatever. I believe Mr. Day to be really insane ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Jul 1843 : (BLES 3.261a) : from Pater Noster Row : begins, "We forwarded to Mr. Tauchnitz the agreement on the 18th of this month, which was the first opportunity after having received it. A copy of Meredith shall be sent to Mr. Rosenberg." -- All letters to Lady Blessington in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less