- Creator
- Slack, Henry James, 1818-1896
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 6 items
- Preferred Citation
- Henry James Slack manuscript material : 6 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.
Henry James Slack, English solicitor. · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug 1888 : (S'ANA 0118a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : regarding his collection of P. B. Shelley letters to Elizabeth Hitchener (now in the British Library) : begins, "I have no intention of parting with the Shelley letters ..." -- · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "Thank you for your offer. If at any time I should be disposed to part with the letters I will let you know ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a reason why I do not wish to part with the letters at present ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118d) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a person still living whose wish, if such existed, I should feel bound to respect ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118e) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am extremely obliged to you for the handsome present of Shelley literature ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118f) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "You are too generous in giving me so many interesting things ...".
Using the collection
Location
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