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Creator
Hunt, Henry Leigh
Call number
Pforz Ms
Physical description
6 items
Preferred Citation
Henry Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 6 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Henry Leigh Hunt, English publisher. He was the son of John Hunt, the radical printer and publisher, and the nephew Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and critic. · To Augustus Applegath, printer in London : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Jan 1824 : (H'ANA 0066) : begins, "I send the copy from which to set up Werner, also the last vol. of Byron's Works, published by Murray, as a model." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1824 : (B'ANA 0523) : begins, "We have paper making for Vol. 12 of Byron's Works, I wish to use the same for Werner.".

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· To Augustus Applegath, printer in London : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Jan 1824 : (H'ANA 0066) : begins, "I send the copy from which to set up Werner, & also the last vol. of Byron's Works, published by Murray, as a model." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1824 : (B'ANA 0523) : begins, "We have paper making for Vol. 12 of Byron's Works, & I wish to use the same for Werner.".

· To John Bowring, politician, diplomat, and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Apr 1822 : (H'ANA 0063) : begins, "You will see by the paper what a sensation the fabrication of the 'Cordon Sanitaire' in the Chronicle has created in Paris.".

· To William Hone, political writer and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jul [1825?] : (H'ANA 0105) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I want very much to speak to you on the subject of the Every Day Book ....".

· To Marianne Hunt (his aunt), wife of journalist and critic Leigh Hunt : 1 autograph letter signed : (H'ANA 0022) : 21 Dec 1820 : begins, "Your charge against me of want of attention to my Uncle's interests & comfort, I cannot but consider very extraordiary under existing circumstances ...".

· To Marriott Hunt, his brother : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 May 1836 : (H'ANA 0008) : from Barbados; begins, "The box of books arrived, in good condition ...".

· To J. W. Southgate, London publisher : 1 autograph note signed : "Friday morning" [w/m = 1828] : begins, "Mr. Sainsbury will call & sign the enclosed ...".

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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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