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Edward Du Bois, English writer. In addition to translating and writing several books, he held a long run as editor of the Monthly Mirror, and between 1833-45 served as treasurer and secretary of the Metropolitan Lunacy Commission. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 May 1818 : (P'ANA 0034) : from Temple, Brick Court : begins, "There are two perhapses -- Perhaps you may remember that we met sometime ago at Horace Smith's; but as you then took your Nap, perhaps you went to sleep and forgot it." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 May 1818 : (P'ANA 0035) : from Temple : begins, "I received your letter today, and I think you for it; but you give me nothing that Scheffer and others have not supplied." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Nov 1818 : (P'ANA 0036) : from Temple : begins, "I was sitting here when I received your present, and I call Horace Smith to witness whether my Chambers would at all disgrace any part of Night-mare Abbey..."; with a suggestion for an alternate ending. -- All letters to Peacock are published with commentary in Shelley and his Circle, v. 6 (SC 480, 481 and 507). less

· To Elizabeth Gunning, novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Aug 1800 : (MISC 2291) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Englefield Cottage near Egham, Surrey : begins, "With that sincere regret, which my heart never fails to experience, when worth and Genius fade from their transitory scene of suffering, I read the account of your domestic misfortune ...". less

Mary "Maria" Elizabeth Robinson, English writer and biographer of her mother, Mary "Perdita" Robsinon, the writer and actress. · To Samuel Jackson Pratt, writer and actor : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1803 : (S'ANA 0226) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Englefield Cottage : begins, "When we opened your letter, we both, by one sentiment, exclaimed 'What a dear'! -- and on its conclusion 'What a very dear' was our repeated ejaculation!" Published in full with commentary as SC 52 in Shelley and his Circle, v. 1, p. 319f. less

Henry Willey Reveley, English civil engineer. He was the son of Maria Gisborne, friend of William Godwin and Mary and Percy Shelley. · "Notes and observations to the 'Shelley Memorials'" (copy) : [after 1859] : (S'ANA 0691) : 1 fascicle (38 pages) : [from Sonning Hill, Parkstone?] : in unknown hand; begins, "Shelley's first marriage took place in the following manner aording to his own version as orally given to me in the course of our intimacy at Leghorn . . . ." Published in full with commentary as SC 866 in Shelley and his Circle v. X, p. 1115f. less

Marianna Segati, Lord Byron's first mistress in Venice; she was the wife of Byron's landlord, Pietro Segati, a draper. · To Lord Byron, poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Dec 1816 : (B'ANA 0237) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "Mio bene pardonami se questa sera non poso essere con té, allora solita ..." Published in full with translation and commentary as SC 583 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 214-216. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [between Dec 1816 and Apr 1818] : (B'ANA 0239) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "Prima di partire non posso lasciarti senza darti un tenero abbracio di vero cuore accompagnato da mile baci ..." Published in full with translation as SC 584 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 216-217. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Apr 1818 : (B'ANA 0238) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "Non avendo potutto partire Domenica matina bramava darti un saluto la sera ..." Published in full with translation as SC 604 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 307-308. less

Sir Samuel Romilly, English lawyer and politician. · To Annabella Milbanke, later Lady Byron : 1 autograph note third person : 14 Sep 1813 : (B'ANA 0046) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Russell Square : enclosing "... the autographs [no longer present] of some celebrated Persons ..." Published in full with commentary as SC 250 in Shelley and his Circle v. III, p. 248f. less

To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and Genevese except Mad. Stael - who can't resist a little celebrity.". less

John Frank Newton, English author and proponent of vegetarianism. To Thomas Jefferson Hogg, friend and biographer of the poet Shelley : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Feb 1817 : (H'GANA 0006) : from Burgate House : relating to Shelley's case to obtain custody of his children by Harriet; begins, "One never opens a letter which comes from you without much interest ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Apr 1818 : (H'GANA 0015) : from Weymouth : begins, "We are no longer inhabitants of the wildreness.". less

Pauline "Paola" Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont of the Shelley circle. Like her aunt, she was a governess, traveled widely, and had a child out of wedlock. Paola also lived with Claire, first as a boarder and then as an unpaid housekeeper, during the final years of her aunt's life. The story of Paola's encounters with Shelley enthusiast Edward Augustus Silsbee inspired Henry James's novella "The Aspern Papers.". · Holograph diary : 1855-1857 : (CL'ANA 0176) : from her years in Australia. Shelved under "Clairmont" in Pforz BT. less

Count Odoardo Machirelli, Italian nobleman. He was the maternal uncle of Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's last Italian mistresss. He is also apparently the same Machirelli who edited a life of Dante, published in Pesaro by Nobili in 1829. · To Ruggiero Gamba, father of Teresa Guiccioli (his brother-in-law) : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Jul 1820 : (B'ANA 0371) : from Pesaro : in Italian; sending the Papal rescript granting Teresa Guiccioli the right to separate from her husband, and an allowance. The mentioned rescript, and several other papers relating to the Guiccioli separation, are filed under "Ruggerio Gamba." Published with translation and commentary as SC 755 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VIII, p. 1096f. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Aug 1820 : (B'ANA 0379) : from Pesaro : in Italian : saying that although he cannot go to London to serve as a witness on behalf of Queen Caroline in her hearing beofre the House of Lords, he recommends as a substitute his friend Count Christoforo Ferri of Fano. Pinned to the letter is a note in French, in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli, identifying the manuscript. Published with translation and commentary as SC 807 in Shelley and his Circle, v. X, p. 664f. less

Joseph Kennerley, man's mercer on 7 St. Martin's Court, St. Martin's Lane (cf. Kent's Directory for 1800). · To William Whitton, Percy Bysshe Shelley's lawyer : 1 autograph receipt signed : 11 Jan 1813 : (S'ANA 0277) : with an embossed revenue stamp [EIGHT PENCE]; acknowledging payment of Shelley's bill owed to W. R. Dry, the Oxford tailors (see record for William and Richard Dry manuscript material). Published as SC 256 in Shelley and his Circle v. III, p. 256. less

Marianne Hunt, née Kent, wife of the poet, journalist, and literary critic Leigh Hunt. · To R. H. Horne, writer : 5 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1839 : (H'ANA 0076) : asking financial advice, the landlady having signed a warrant for the seizure of the Hunts' furniture; begins, "Do not think me insensible to your kind attentions and care ..."; with the envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Nov 1839 : (H'ANA 0077) : begins, "Your note of Saturday did indeed cost me some severe pain ..."; with the envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [16 Feb 1840] : (H'ANA 0080) : begins, "Pray forgive me for not answering your note sooner ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Feb 1840 : (H'ANA 0078) : begins, "Many thanks for your kind intelligence ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Feb 1840 : (H'ANA 0079) : begins, "Will you forgive me if I request you to expect me on Tuesday instead of today?". less

John Keenan, Irish portrait painter. A pupil of Robert Home in Dublin, he came to England about 1790. Between 1791 and 1815 he exhibited over sixty paintings at the Royal Academy, including portraits of Robert Southey and Shelley's friend Dr. James Lind. Keenan returned to Ireland in about 1817. · To William Godwin, philosopher and novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1803 : (S'ANA 0228) : [no place] : saying that John Opie has consented to allow Keenan to copy his portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft; expressing interest in painting Godwin's portrait; begins, "After waiting on Mr. Opie Mr. Northcote I am enabled to say that the first gentleman assented heartily to my making a Copy from the picture he painted." Published as SC 54 in Shelley and his Circle v. I, p. 323. Presented as a gift to the Pforzheimer Library in April of 1956 by Lord Abinger. less

John Mackenzie Kennedy, British army officer and friend of the Shelley family. · Holograph memoir, "Reminiscences of Percy Bysshe Shelley" : 1857 : (S'ANA 0692) : 24 pages of text, with a title-page and a dedication page, to "the dearest friends of my boyhood"; attribution on the title-page in the hand of Hellen Shelley; text begins, "I had just completed my sixteenth year, when I joined the Depot of the 76 Regiment, at Horsham ..." Published with commentary as SC 776 (Appendix) in Shelley and his Circle, v. IX, p. 168-185. less

Andrew Kippis, Presbyterian minister and biographer. Kippis was one of William Godwin's tutors at Hoxton Academy, and in 1784 he recommended the Robinson firm hire Godwin to contribute to the New Annual Register. · Holograph account statement signed : 20 Jan 1795 : (S'ANA 0225) : for his account with the publishing firm G. G. and J. Robinson; including charges for one year's interest on a note for £600, and for payment for Kippis's having written the History of Knowledge in the last New Annual Register. less

James Lind, Scottish physician. He was a mentor and friend of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. · To Captain M. E. Sherwill, R.O. Stafford Militia, Kew (his son-in-law) : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Oct 1810 : (S'ANA 0038) : from Windsor : begins, "I enclosed return your sketch of your armorial bearings; and a very correct Plate of mine ...". less

Antonia Ghi(s)lain d'Hembyze Clairmont, Viennese sister-in-law of Claire Clairmont. She was married to Charles Gaulis Clairmont, and often went by the nickname "Tonie.". To Claire Clairmont of the Shelley circle : 87 autograph letters signed : ca. 1839-1867 : (CL'ANA 0319-0405) : personal letters of family interest. Housed in a gray archival card box and shelved in Pforz BT. less

Harry Buxton Forman, English bibliographer and forger. He wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, most notably on Shelley and Keats, all the while maintaining a career in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began secretly printing counterfeit publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets. The Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material in the Pforzheimer collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: the holograph text of his Memoir of Shelley, as published in the 1892 Aldine edition of Shelley's works ; papers relating to his "The Building of the Idylls," an essay on Tennyson ; and over a dozen essays and works of criticism on Shelley or Shelley-related publications. The correspondence is dated from between 1877 and 1913, and mostly discusses Shelley scholarship. Correspondents include: Paola Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont ; Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer ; and Thomas James Wise, book collector and forger. less

Harriet Collins Boinville, of Bracknell. Mrs. Boinville was a member of a radical social circle in England in the early 19th century that included the Godwins and the Shelleys. She was greatly admired by Shelley, and he appeared at one point to have been in love with her daughter Cornelia. Mrs. Boinville's brother-in-law was John Frank Newton, who wrote the vegetarian tract The Return to Nature (1811). To Thomas Jefferson Hogg, barrister and friend of Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Mar 1814 : (HG'ANA 0003) : among other things, discusses Shelley after his recent travels. less

Robert Clarke, English solicitor. He was a lawyer at Stockton, and the agent for the estates of the Earl of Bridgewater at Ellesmere in Shropshire. To John Hogg, a non-practicing barrister and country gentleman : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Apr 1811 : (HG'ANA 0004) : refering to the expulsion of Hogg's son, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, from Oxford. Published in full, with extensive commentary, in Shelley and His Circle, vol. II, p. 736. less

Thomas Charters, coachmaker in London. · Holograph memorandum signed : 27 Jul 1827 : (S'ANA 1018) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [from London?] : begins, "Upon Percy Bysshe Shelley's business concerning a debt secured to me by a bill of exchange and a bond and judgment confessed to secure to me the payment of any debt of Five hundred and odd pounds viz . . ."; with an addendum dated "August 1828" on page 2. less

To Thomas Jefferson Hogg, friend and biographer of Percy Bysshe Shelley : 1 itemized bill and letter signed "W & R Dry" : 23 Nov 1811 : (HG'ANA 0002) : [no place] : letter begins, "Have herewith sent as a bove which we hope will meet your Approbation." Published in Shelley and his Circle, v. III, p. 60. less

James Augustus Hessey, English bookseller and printer. In partnership with John Taylor at 93 Fleet Street, Hessey published early work by Keats and owned the London Magazine (1821-5). · To John Taylor, publisher and writer (his business partner) : 2 items -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1818 : (H'ANA 0091) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no place] : relating to the copyright and profits of Leigh Hunt's Story or Rimini; begins, "Mr. Hunt has sent the twenty guineas ..."; With a copied extract, in Hessey's hand, of a letter from Shelley to Hunt relating to the situation, on page 3 of the letter sheet. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jan [1825] : (MISC 1382a) : 3 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "When I came home last night I found a letter from S[outhern] which I enclose. I sent your letter this morning enclosed in one from myself of which I send you a copy ..."; along with the copy of Hessey's letter to Henry Southern (MISC 1382b) on a separate single sheet. less

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.". less

William Hazlitt, English writer and painter. · Holograph poem signed, "The Damned Author's Address to his Reviewers" : 30 Aug 1825 : (WH 0011) : addressed to Monsieur Galignani, with a note to him; begins, "The rock I'm told on which I split / Is bad economy of wit --". The poem was first published in Galignani's London and Paris Observer on 18 Sep 1825. less

John Gisborne, friend of Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley. · Holograph story, "Evelina" : 12 Nov 1831 : (S'ANA 0544) : in which an encounter with a young man in Italy elicits a tragic love story involving Swedish artist Evelina Stading, a historical figure buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome; written in three notebooks. less

Joseph Hume, a clerk in the Victualling Office at Somerset House, London. Not to be confused with the radical parliamentarian of the same name, this Joseph Hume was a friend of Charles Lamb and William Godwin, and published a translation of Dante's Inferno for Cadell and Davies in 1812. · Memorandum (copy) unsigned : 11 Jun 1816 : (S'ANA 0040) : copied in an unknown hand, with minor revisions in the hand of William Godwin; relating to Shelley's attempts to raise money for Godwin; begins, "In my first conferences with Mr. Bryant I found his terms to be 30 years purchase on the Rental of the land to be purchased by him..." Published with commentary as SC 331 in Shelley and his Circle, v. IV, p. 686. less

Richard W. Hayward, solicitor at Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane in London. He worked for both William and Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley. · Legal opinion : [ca. 17 Feb 1819] : (G'ANA 0041) : prepared for William Godwin; on the significance of the agreements between Godwin and Archibald Constable and Company for the publication of Godwin's Mandeville. N.B. Shelley and his Circle surmises the document "was probably authored by R. W. Hayward ... and was very likely written out by one of his clerks" (v. VI, p. 776). less