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Creator
Chesterfield, George Stanhope, Earl of, 1805-1866
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
3 items
Preferred Citation
George Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield manuscript material : 3 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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George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield, British Tory politician. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [21 Aug 1841] : (BLES 1.078) : [no place] : begins, "We are just going to Versailles, dear Lady Blessington, to see the Duchesse de Grammont ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1843 : (BLES 1.077) : from Rome : begins, "Many, very many thanks for your kind letter; you can not conceive what real pleasure I received when your letter arrived..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 1.076) : [no place] : begins, "I can never sufficiently thank you for your most beautiful present; but I do not think I can ever have the courage to order so precious a remembrance to be made into a cushion-case." -- All letters mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.

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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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