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Creator
Shelley, Timothy, Sir, 1753-1844
Call number
Pforz MS; MssCol 23058
Physical description
28 items
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Timothy Shelley manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Access to materials
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The Timothy Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of legal documents and correspondence. The legal documents include a holograph draft lease of Castle Goring and autograph signatures on indenture agreements. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1811 and 1823. Correspondents include: Thomas Jefferson Hogg, friend of P. B. Shelley; Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (his son); William Whitton, his lawyer; and a few others.

Biographical/historical information

Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet of Castle Goring, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet.

Scope and arrangement

The Timothy Shelley manuscript material is arranged in three series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

This guide lists and describes the manuscript materials held by the Pforzheimer Collection that were created by Timothy Shelley. These items have been acquired throughout the history of the Collection and are kept at the New York Public Library.

The first Timothy Shelley manuscripts added to the collection were a batch of letters to his lawyer, William Whitton, purchased through Maggs Bros. in 1922. By the time of the death of Carl H. Pforzheimer I in 1957, seventeen Timothy Shelley manuscripts had been acquired.

Over the next few decades, under the auspices of the Pforzheimer Foundation, the Collection acquired three Timothy Shelley manuscripts. Since the Collection's move to the New York Public Library in 1986, only one Timothy Shelley manuscript has been accessioned: the earliest one, a letter dated 26 Nov 1797, to Lt. Col. Lee.

Processing information

Processed by Charles Carter and Timothy Gress, 2022.

Related Material

In addition to manuscripts by Timothy Shelley, the Pforzheimer Collection also holds manuscript letters addressed to Timothy Shelley, as well as Sir Timothy's personal copy of The Book of Common Prayer, which contains some pencil markings. Also held are a number of manuscript legal documents directly relating to Sir Timothy, but not carrying his autograph.

Note

Some of the manuscripts listed in this guide have been included in Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822, a multi-volume publication that presents selected manuscripts from the Pforzheimer Collection. Shelley and his Circle provides extensive descriptions of the manuscripts, along with commentary, textual analysis, and some facsimile reproductions. Some items in this guide not yet published in Shelley and his Circle may be included in future volumes of that publication.

Using the collection

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

Access to materials

Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.