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Creator
Colburn, Henry, -1855
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
9 items
Preferred Citation
Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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To John Philippart (1784?-1874), military writer : 9 autograph letters signed : (S'ANA 0232) : mostly discussing business and financial matters.

Biographical/historical information

Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829).

Scope and arrangement

To John Philippart (1784?-1874), military writer : 9 autograph letters signed : (S'ANA 0232) : mostly discussing business and financial matters.|||Some brief notes and signatures in the hand of Henry Colburn also appear in the William Godwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection.

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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