Found 6 collections related to Dyer, George, 1755-1841

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

James Ridgway, English publisher. · To George Dyer, author and advocate of political reform : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Dec 1794 : (MISC 3616J) : from Newgate : begins, "We think it will be better for to defer a few days, fixing a plan for [David] Holt, until the result of the application making in his favor is known ...". less

Robert Anderson, Scottish literary scholar and biographer. To George Dyer, author and advocate of political reform : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Feb 1799 : (MISC 3616L) : lengthy letter about various literary matters; Dyer's poems, friends in Edinburgh, publishers, Thomas Campbell, etc. less

English poet known as "Mr. Mott of Cambridge." He published several poems in London literary magazines in the last years of the eighteenth century, and is mentioned by Robert Southey in a 1799 letter as an acquaintance of George Dyer (Life and Correspondence [1849-50], v. 2 p. 15). To George Dyer, author and advocate of political reform : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Dec 1796 : (MISC 3616k) : from Camb[ridge] : begins, "I rec'd your Letter this morning & sho.d have been happy to see you at Camb. upon any terms - but that my business presses so hard upon me, I have have not a moment's relaxation. I shall lay my poems aside for the present ...". 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