Found 13 collections related to Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

Samuel Carter Hall, Irish-born journal editor and writer. · Holograph presentation inscription, signed : [ca. 1879] : (MISC 4217) : on the title-page of a copy of Hall's Memory of Thomas Moore (London: Virtue Co., 1879). Reads in full: "The Editor of Public Opinion / with the compts regards / of SC Hall." Shelved with reference books under "Moore.". 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

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

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

To William Allingham, poet : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : 5 Jul 1850 : (MISC 1401a) : regarding permission to publish verses from the Household Words journal. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Dec 1851: (MISC 1401b) : acknowledging receipt of his paper, and giving praise. -- Both letters to William Allingham mounted in the album of 59 letters to William Allingham. Shelved under "Allingham" with bound manuscript materials. 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

Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield, British prime minister and novelist. The Benjamin Disraeli manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection is composed chiefly of correspondence, most being letters to the Irish-born writer and literary hostess Lady Blessington. Also held are two volumes of the first edition of his Vivian Grey, with considerable manuscript revisions and markings. 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

Anne Cooper, British domestic servant. She worked as a maid for Lady Blessington for the last fifteen years of the novelist's life. To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [1853] : (BLES 5.455d) : from 57 St. Giles's, Oxford : begins, "A. Cooper presents her duty to Doctor Madden, and can assure him his name and writings are both familiar to her. Knowing also Doctor Madden were one of my ladies most valued and intimate friends, I think it better to make you acquainted with my position in that family. I was her Ladyship's maid the last 15 years of her life ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Apr 1853 : (BLES 5.455f) : from Churchill Heath, Chipping Norton : begins, "Fearful of being troublesome, I have delayed writing ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [1854] : (BLES 5.455e) : [no place] : begins, "I am indeed sorry I should have troubled you in your illness ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" : (BLES 5.455a) : from 87 Eaton Place : begins, "I am sorry not to have answered your letter sooner, but I have been so very much occupied." -- 1 autograph note third person : "Monday" : (BLES 5.455b) : from 87 Eaton Place : saying she "received Dr Madden's letter from Oxford and hastens to forward her address ..." -- 1 autograph note third person : 28 May [no year] : (BLES 5.455c) : from 57 St. Giles's, Oxofrd : saying she "is grieved that Doctor Madden should have had so much trouble with her parcel ..." -- All letters to Madden in v. 5 of the Blessington correspondence. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less