Found 22 collections related to Poets, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Samuel Rogers, English poet. The Samuel Rogers manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph fair copy poetical extracts (from "Jacqueline," "Human Life" and "The Voyage of Columbus"); a holograph testimonial, "Sacred to the Memory of xxxxxx"; and a holograph fair copy of his poem on Earl Grey, "Written in July, 1834." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1820 and 1850. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, poet; Mary Shelley, novelist; Robert Southey, poet; William Wordsworth, poet; and over seventy others. less

Adelaide Anne Procter, English poet and women's activist. · To "My dear Miss Eliza" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday Evg." [watermark = 18R] : (MISC 1726) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : in verse; begins, "My dear Miss Eliza these lines I indite, / And it pours without ceasing both morning night ...". 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

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

Richard Hengist Horne [formerly Richard Henry Horne], English poet and critic. · Holograph account booklet of money collected for Leigh Hunt : 1838-1840 : (H'ANA 0074) : [12] leaves (6 sheets folded and sewn); titled, "Receipts for Private List"; with the note at the top of the first page, "Money collected by me for Leigh Hunt, in consequence of the delay of the Govt in granting him a Pension. R. H. Horne.". 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

Robert Seymour Bridges, English poet. He held the title of Poet Laureate from 1913, upon the refusal of Rudyard Kipling. To A. H. Bullen, literary editor and publisher : 2 autograph letters signed : 6-12 Nov 1897 : (S'ANA 0007)-(S'ANA 0008) : regarding a proposed critical essay on Shelley by Bridges. less

Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, playwright and novelist. He was highly prolific and counted G. H. Lewes, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens among his friends. To a Frank Hoyt : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Sep 1884 : (S'ANA 0744) : admits: "Of course we all love Shelley the poet, but personally I have a less exaggerated liking for Shelley the man.". less

Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, English poet and essayist. To Mrs. Sherwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1870 : (B'ANA 0659) : from 10 Neville St. S.W. : begins, "I do not know whether you have read the article in the last Quarterly Review on the Byron scandal ...". less

To Lady Coltman (Anna Coltman, née Duckworth), widow of Sir Thomas Coltman, English judge : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jan 1853 : (MISC 4023.08b) : from Albany : begins, "I shall have very great pleasure in dining with you ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Arthur Hugh Clough, English Victorian poet. To William Allingham, poet : 8 autograph letters signed : ca. 1851-1856 : (MISC 1400a-h) : personal letters on his work and arranging visits. Mounted in the album of 59 Letters to William Allingham; shelved with bound manuscript material under "Allingham.". less

Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. The Amelia Opie manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include: a holograph story, "The Brithday," and a number of holograph poems. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1828-1845. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Inchbald, the writer and actress; James Montgomery, the hymn writer and poet; Jane Porter, the novelist; Robert Southey, the poet, and over thirty others. The artwork consists of over one hundred thirty pencil portraits of friends and relatives, most of whom remain unidentified. less

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and literary reviewer. · Holograph preface to his Miscellanies (1886) : [watermark = 1879] : (S'ANA 0122) : 8 pages (7 single sheets) : [no place] : begins, "I have had the honour to be assailed with some vehemence for the disrespect shown in my occasional reference to writers whose ability no rational man could be supposed capable of denying." With notes for the opening of the preface on the verso of the first leaf; all other versos blank. less

Sir Henry Taylor, English poet and public servant. · To William Allingham, poet : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Aug 1852 : (MISC 1413a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Laden [i.e., Leyden] House, Mortlake, Surrey : begins, "Will you give us the pleasure of your company ..."; with the postmarked envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Nov 1853 : (MISC 1413b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from The Uplands, East Sheen : begins, "Will you do me the favour to take dinner=tea here on Friday next ..." Both letters mounted in the album of Fifty-Nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Allingham.". less

Francis Thompson, English poet and writer. · To Wilfrid Meynell, publisher, editor and writer : 2 items -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" [summer 1889] : (S'ANA 0263) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Storrington Priory, Pulborough, Sussex : in part discussing plans for an article on Shelley; begins, "I am sorry that I must open with two requests. I sent my boots to be mended . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Saturday" [summer 1889] : (S'ANA 0264) : [no place] : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Shelley was sent off yesterday, so that I hope you will have reveived it today.". less

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less