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Creator
Harris, James, 1709-1780
Call number
Pforz Ms
Physical description
2 items
Preferred Citation
James Harris manuscript material : 2 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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James Harris, English philosopher and musical patron. He is best remembered for his Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751). · To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1765 : (MISC 0252) : from London; wanting to send a copy of his own works to John Lockman, Esq., in Brownlow Street.

Scope and arrangement

· To John Nourse, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1765 : (MISC 0252) : from London; wanting to send a copy of his own works to John Lockman, Esq., in Brownlow Street.

· To Chancellor [John] Hoadly, poet and playwright : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Jun 1743 : (MISC 0251) : from Sarum; begins, "I last week rec'd a most acceptable & valuable present ...".

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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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