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Collections in Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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A. and W. Galignani (Firm)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
5 items
[John] Anthony and William Galignani, British publishers and booksellers in Paris. Sons of Italian-born publisher Giovanni Galignani, they took over the family business upon his death in 1821. · To Monsieur Borel, of Paris : 1 letter : 5 Jul... more
Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, -1871
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe Abell, Napoleon's pet English child at St. Helena, where her father was Navy agent. To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1847 : (BLES 1.005a) : requesting to include... more
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Rudolph Ackermann, London publisher. He was best known for his fine color plate books such as The Microcosm of London, and the monthly magazine The Repository of Arts. To Jane Porter, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Sep 1828 : (MISC... more
Adolphus, John Leycester, 1795-1862
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Transcript Byron's poem "Condolatory Address to Sarah, Countess of Jersey, on the Prince Regent's Returning her Picture to Mrs. Lee" : [after 1837] : (B'ANA 0197) : 3 p.; with Adolphus's critical commentary of the poem. Bound into v. 4 of the... more
Adolphus, John, 1768-1845
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
John Adolphus, English barrister and historian. · To Thomas Cadell the younger, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Apr 1825 : (MISC 4234) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Temple : begins, "Since I had the pleasure of seeing you, I have... more
Aikin, Charles Rochemont, 1775-1847
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Charles Rochemont Aikin, English surgeon. · To Lydia Rickards [later married name Withering], former pupil and friend of Anna Letitia Barbauld : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1808 : (MISC 4381) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] :... more
Aikin, John, 1747-1822
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
8 items
Holograph verse, "An epigramatic [sic] verse on a political writer of the day" : 11 Apr [no year] : (MISC 4023) 01b : 4 lines referring to Burke and Cooper, signed on verso with letter fragment. Title provided in another hand. Mounted in the Mary... more
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
5 items
Holograph poem, "Written in an alcove at Allerton" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
4 items
To a Miss Cumberland : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Apr 1875 : (MISC 1609).
Alexander, James
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Dr. James Alexander, English physician in Genoa. In 1823 he prescribed for Byron, and advised him on some warts. To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : [June 1823] : (B'ANA 0397) : [from Genoa]; regretting that he has so far failed in... more
Alison, Archibald, 1757-1839
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Archibald Alison, Scottish Episcopal clergyman and writer on aesthetics. To Thomas Campbell, poet : 1 autograph letter signed ; 24 Jul. 1813 (MISC 1622).
Allen, John, 1771-1843
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
John Allen, Scottish political and historical writer, frequent contributer to the Edinburgh Review. To "My Dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Dec. [1832 or 1833] : answering an inquiry as to the authorship of Thomas Greene's anonymously... more
Allingham, William, 1824-1889
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
7 items
William Allingham, Irish poet, protegé of Leigh Hunt. To Leigh Hunt : 7 autograph letters signed : 11 Jun 1848 (H'ANA 0060) ; 23 Jun [1856] (H'ANA 0061) ; 25 Jul 1854 (H'ANA 0048) ; 8 Jan 1855 (H'ANA 0049) ; 23 Feb 1855 (H'ANA 0050) ; 7 May 1855... more
Amory, Sewell & Moores (solicitors)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
To Claire Clairmont : 1 manuscript document signed : 16 [Feb.] 1844 : (S'ANA 0001) : signed "Amory Sewell & Moores", regarding her £6000 legacy under Shelley's will.
Andrew & George Nash (Glass manufacturers)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
Andrew John Nash and George Augustus Nash, glass manufacturers at 75, Cornhill, London (cf. Shelley and his Circle, v. 3, p. 334). · Copy of legal answer to Percy Bysshe Shelley : 23 Oct 1815 : (S'ANA 0172) : from Kipling : 48 sinle sheets,... more
Arch, John, fl. 1792-1838
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
John Arch, of "John and Arthur Arch," Quaker publishers and booksellers. He refers to William Godwin as an "old acquaintance." William Pickering (1796-1854), publisher and bookseller, apprenticed under John and Arthur Arch from 1810-1818. To... more
Arlincourt, vicomte d' (Charles Victor Prévôt), 1789-1856
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
10 items
To Lady Blessington, Irish-born author and literary hostess : 10 letters, all in French -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Oct 1843 : (BLES 2.105) : from Aix-la-Chapelle : begins, "J'ai reçu votre charmante letter du 16 Octobre, qui m'a prouvé que... more
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Matthew Arnold, English poet, writer, and inspector of schools. His Essays in Criticism, Second series, includes analysis of such English Romantic figures as Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley and Keats. · Holograph enemdations in his copy of Alaric... more
Atkyns, Clarinda Knowles, b. 1797
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Clarinda Atkyns, née Knowles, lifelong friend of Thomas Love Peacock. Peacock declared his love for the fifteen year old beauty in an 1812 letter to his friend Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (cf. Joukovsky, N. Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, 47).... more
Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
4 items
George Eden, first Earl of Auckland, politician and governor-general of India. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Feb 1834 : (BRNG 0011) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from London : begins, “I enclose... more
Ayrton, William, 1777-1858
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
William Ayrton, English writer and opera producer. He contributed criticism and reviews to many periodicals, including The Morning Chronicle and The Examiner, and he edited The Harmonicon. To William Godwin, philosopher and novelist : 1 autograph... more
Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer. He ignited a love for mathematics in a young Ada Byron in 1833 with a presentation to her of his first analytical engine, and her Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage was... more
Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
17 items
Joanna Baillie, Scottish playwright and poet. Some of the Pforzheimer Collection's Joanna Baillie manuscripts have been published, either in Judith Bailey Slagle's edition of The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie... more
Baillie, Marianne, 1795?-1831
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Marianne Baillie, travel writer and poet. John Murray published her First Impressions of a Tour upon the Continent in 1819, one of the first accounts of the grand tour written by a woman. To John Murray, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed ; 13... more
Banim, John, 1798-1842
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Autograph signature to library slip, n.d. (MISC 3457), requesting Grose's Treatise on ancient armour and weapons.
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
7 items
Autograph verse signed : [before 18 Sep 1819] : (MISC 4023.01c) : begins, "Go seek the turf where North, where Virtue lies." With note on verso in another hand explaining that the lines are the "last verse of a poetical epistle from Mrs. Barbauld... more
Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Joel Barlow, American poet and diplomat. Famous for his Vision of Columbus, he spent many years in both England and France participating in the pamphlet debates surrounding the French Revolution. In France, he and his wife became close friends... more
Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years... more
Barry, Charles F
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
37 items
To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 36 autograph letters signed : 26 Jul 1823--17 Dec 1831 : (B'ANA 0400-0435) : from Genoa and Trieste : in Engliah, French, and Italian; all largely concerned with Byron, including news of his... more
Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore.... more