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Creator
Bilderdijk, Willem, 1756-1831
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
13 items
Preferred Citation
Willem Bilderdijk manuscript material : 13 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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Autograph poem, "Aan den Hoofdorichter Southey" : (MISC 1592) ; 4 p. fair copy of an ode to Robert Southey, in Dutch, ca. 1825.

Biographical/historical information

Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet. Robert Southey visited him and his wife in the Netherlands in 1825 and 1826, and the two poets remained friendly correspondents for the rest of Bilderdijk's life.

Scope and arrangement

Autograph poem, "Aan den Hoofdorichter Southey" : (MISC 1592) ; 4 p. fair copy of an ode to Robert Southey, in Dutch, ca. 1825.|||To Robert Southey, poet : 12 autograph letters signed : 2 Aug 1825 - 26 Jul 1831 : (MISC 1595-1606) : offering deeply detailed biographical accounts. The first letters date from just after the first meetings of the two poets, and the last letters portray a distraught widower dealing with the anguish of the loss of his wife.

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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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