Found 11 collections related to Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844

Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer. He is probably best known for his Les Diaboliques, a collection of stories, each of which relates a tale of a woman who commits acts of violence, crime, or revenge. Autograph translation of Thomas Campbell's poem, "The Last Man" : [no date] : (MISC 1881) : 4 p.; the French is written alongside the English, line by line. Also included: a copied fragment of Shelley's Alastor. less

Robert Campbell, nephew of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. To Thomas Campbell, poet (his uncle) : 4 autograph letters signed : 13 May -- 9 Oct 1840 : (MISC 1662-1665) : assuring his uncle of his improving health, and admitting his difficulties with French grammar while studying abroad in France. Poor Robert, he died not too long afterward. less

Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet. The Thomas Campbell manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: an incomplete draft of his Life of Petrarch; a holograph poem, "Verses on a Fan," written for Lord Byron's mistress, Teresa Guiccioli; and laundry and expense lists. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1840-1841, and discusses publishing matters, family issues, and his efforts toward the liberation of Poland. Correspondents include: Richard Bentley, the publisher; Rev. William Harness, the literary scholar; John Murray, the publisher; and over two dozen others. less

Mary Campbell, oldest sister of the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. · Holograph last will and testament : 15 October 1836 : (MISC 1640) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : naming Thomas Campbell as sole executor; also naming her nieces, Elizabeth and Mary Campbell, daughters of her brother Alexander, as beneficiaries. less

Louisa Henrietta Sheridan (married name Wyatt), British author, illustrator and editor. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 7 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jul 1836 : (BLES 6.500) : 1 page (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South, Belgrave Square : begins, "I have this moment received the accompanying letter, whose external appearance perfectly accords with its contents!" -- 1 autograph letter third person : 17 Nov 1836 : (BLES 6.501a) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South, Belgrave Square : with mourning border; saying she "has the pleasure of transmitting a review of the 'Beautiful Book', which she has written ..."; with an excised address panel, perhaps from the letter cover this letter was mailed in. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Mar 1837 : (BLES 6.501b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South, Belgrave Square : begins, "If ill-health be not a palliation for apparent ill-manners, I fear you will not excuse my tardy acknowledgment of y.r beautiful Annual ...." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 May 1837 : (BLES 6.502a) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South, Belgrave Square : begins, "I have been so much pleased with the plate you kindly sent for my illustration, that I have affixed it to some details of my own 'Convent days' wh. I had intended for another purpose ...." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jul 1837 : (BLES 6.502b) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South : begins, "Having been engaged during the last two months in editing and revising a MS novel written in a most alarming scrawl -- my close attention to it has again occasioned an accident in my throat ..."; with an excised address panel, perhaps from the letter cover this letter was mailed in. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Aug 1838 : (BLES 6.503a) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from 7 Belgrave Str. South, Belgrave Square : begins, "It quite shames me to receive your valuable, lengthened contribution before I have sent you my Tiny one!" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Aug 1838 : (BLES 6.503b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I am afraid, notwithstanding you courteously refer only to the Printer, that you fancy I gave my sanction to the conceited alteration proposed ..."; on page 3 of the letter sheet is [a copy of?] a letter from "Sheen" on behalf of Stewart and Murray (printers). -- All letters mounted in volume 6 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

The Horace Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include two holograph poems: "Music" and "Stanzas for the Bazaar held at Brighton for completing the Victoria Fountain on the Steyne;" only the former was published during Smith's lifetime. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1829-1849. Correspondents include: Thomas Campbell, the poet; Thomas Hood, the poet and humorist; John Murray, the publisher; Robert Southey, the poet; and over thirty others. The artwork consists of one undated watercolor pastoral landscape, titled, "Mill at Lewes." less