- Creator
- Shelley, John, 1806-1866
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 12 items
- Preferred Citation
- John Shelley manuscript material : 12 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
- Location
- Pforz MS
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
John Shelley, younger brother of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. · To John Gregson, attorney : 12 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 May 1845 : (S'ANA 0112a) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Springfield, Horsham : begins, "Not having received an answer to my letter of the 9th last presuming it has escaped your attention -- I repeat its purport which related to the withdrawal of 1355.10.6 ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jun 1845 : (S'ANA 0112b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "My Tenant at Woolbro' seemed so positive that the price at one time asked for the little farm adjoining it was but £270 ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Jun 1845 : (S'ANA 0112c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "This morning was so wet that I did not start to see Caversham ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jul 1845 : (S'ANA 0112d) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Springfield, Horsham : begins, "I enclose a cheque for £3000 for the loan to M D'Ayncourt ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul 1845 : (S'ANA 0112e) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Springfield, Horsham : begins, "I enclose a cheque for £84.12.6 for the Legacy Duty ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Sep 1845 : (S'ANA 0112f) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "I received yours this morning about the Luton Hoo Property ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Oct 1845 : (S'ANA 0112g) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "I propose calling on you tomorrow about ¹/₂ past 12 oClock ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Oct 1845 : (S'ANA 0112h) : 1 page (double sheet) : from 65 Regency Sqr. : begins, "I will be in Bedford Row as nearly at ¹/₂ past 10 as I can ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Oct 1845 : (S'ANA 0112i) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "I shall be in town tomorrow at twelve oClock ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Nov 1845 : (S'ANA 0112j) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Springfield : begins, "I enclose Mr. Bury's letter, and leave to your judgement the propriety of replying to it or not ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Dec 1845 : (S'ANA 0112k) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from 12 Queen Sqr., Bath : begins, "I shall certainly not act without the sanction of your opinion and advice in a matter of such magnitude as the purchase of Luton ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Dec 1845 : (S'ANA 0112L) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Queen Sqr. : begins, "I am coming up to town on Tuesday for a few hours ..." Along with the letters to Gregson is a manuscript solicitor's account for John Shelley (S'ANA 0112m), in ink, in an unidentified hand, listing charges for 12 Oct 1833 through 7 Nov 1833, totaling £12.10.0, "carr.d to acco.t 28 Feby 1834.".
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319