Found matches for Mary Shelley in 253 collections.

Jane Shelley [other married name St. John], née Gibson, Lady Shelley; she was the wife of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist. · Holograph corrections, alterations and notes in Pforzheimer copy 2 of Hogg's Life of Shelley : [ca. 1858?] : (S'ANA 0894) : volume II only, with Lady Shelley's ownership signature on the title page, and Sir Percy's bookplate on the front paste-down; with manuscript insertions or corrections on pages 51, 53, 55-67, 77-81, 90-95, 100-104, 122-129, 134-141, 145-151, 175, 207, 211; and various lines and markings on pages 7, 8, 18,19, 165, 166, 211, 389, 500 and 508. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, J.) 01. less

· To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891. less

Charles Bysshe Shelley, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. · To Ianthe Shelley, his sister : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Dec 1823 : (S'ANA 0434) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Field Place : begins, "I hope you are very well and happy. I came home for my Holidays on Monday ..."; with partial red wax seal remaining; addressed in unidentified adult hand, possibly that of one of his maiden aunts. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jun 1824 : (S'ANA 0435) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Field Place : begins, "I am afriad you did not get the letter I wrote you more than a month ago as I have received no answer but hope you will write to me soon and direct it to me here ..."; addressed in unidentified adult hand, possibly that of one of his maiden aunts. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jun 1824 : (S'ANA 0436) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Ashtead : begins, "I came home for the Holidays Friday the 18th and stay six weeks[.] I spend half the time at my Aunt Marys, and the other half, at Field Place ..."; with red wax seal reading "Mary"; addressed in adult hand, probably that of Mary Haynes (later married name Trevor), née Shelley, his aunt. less

Jane, Lady Shelley, née Gibson, other married name St. John. She was the wife of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, son of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Though they had no children, Lady Shelley and Sir Percy raised Bessie Florence Gibson, called "Floss," as their own; she was possibly the daughter of Lady Shelley's brother. Florence Trevor [later married name Blake] was Sir Percy's cousin, the child of his father's sister Mary. Record of three yachting trips taken by Lady Shelley and Sir Percy Florence Shelley between 1852 and 1860, with 22 of Lady Shelley's original ink and watercolor sketches of landscape scenery. The first trip (24 July-14 August, 1852) is through the lochs of Scotland and includes sketches of the Mare Isles [i.e., Garvellachs] and the Isle of Scarba. While in Scotland the Shelleys are greeted by "all the St Johns," the family of Lady Shelley's late first husband; they also discover a dead body in a cottage at St. Augustus, go mushrooming near the ruins of Castle Urquhart, and spot whales. The "2nd Cruize of the Ginevra" (15 February-31 May, 1853) takes the Shelleys from England southward, past Guernsey, through the Bay of Biscay and down the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. They then sail through the Strait of Gibralter, onward through the Greek islands, and end up in Contantinople. Lady Shelley includes sketches of Gibralter, and the Spanish and African coasts opposite it; Valetta; the Sicilian coast; Girgenti, on road to the temples; Etna, from Cape Passaro; Syracuse; Scilla; Messina; Palermo; and Corfu. On "Our first Cruize in the Flirt" (3 October-6 December, 1860), the Shelleys make their way to Coruña, Spain where they spend a few days. Lady Shelley notes that a pressed flower, present in the volume, was "Gathered from Sir John Moore's tomb, given to [her] by little Floss." After enduring very bad weather, they anchor "two miles east of Vigo." At the end of the volume, reverso, are three poetical pieces in various other hands: "From the home of my childhood thus young am I driven," signed "J. T.," dated May 1, 1853; "Shadows on the Water," by Florence Trevor, 1848; and "Lines written at Boscombe," in the hand of Richard Garnett. One unidentified landscape sketch is laid in the album. less

Sir Percy Florence Shelley, third Baronet, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist. The Percy Florence Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two holograph poems, "Giovanni at Putney" and "Song of Venus to the Ground Shark." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1862 and 1886. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, of the Shelley circle (his mother's step-sister); Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist and critic; Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet (his grandfather); T. J. Wise, book collector and forger; and over a dozen others. less

The Shelleys of Castle Goring and of Michelgrove, in the county of Sussex, England. A collection of fifty-three manuscript legal documents relating both to close and more distant family members of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. Chiefly made up of large parchment indenture agreements, the collection documents: the leasing of land and homes (Wolborough Manor, Field Place, Castle Goring); marriage settlements; the granting of annuities; the 1791 settlement of the Shelley family estates; and a number of other transactions, dating as far back as the mid-sixteenth century. less

Mary Diana Dods, pseudonym David Lyndsay, British writer. For a time she lived among Paris's elite Anglo-French society as a man, taking the name Walter Sholto Douglas. As Douglas, Dods had a wife and child, and her close friend, writer Mary Shelley, helped her conceal the truth behind her gender identity. To Wm. Spooner, care of Mssrs. Hurst & Robinson, publishers : 1 autograph letter signed "D. Lyndsay" : 26 Jun 1825 : (S'ANA 1019) : regarding corrections to proof sheets for an upcoming work ; includes, "I have amended the passage thus - 'Many who were most deserving' etc. and 'Shelley is not - Lord Byron is not' etc." The letter is framed and stored with other flat framed items. less

Mary Reid, sister of John Reid, the English physician. "Miss Mary Reid was a literary lady and was spoken of as a blue stocking ... [s]he was a keen politician of the Foxite school ..." -- R. Reid. Old Glasgow and its environs. Glasgow: Robertson, 1864: p. 54. · To Mary Hays, writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Jan 1796 : (MISC 2191) : 1 ¹/₈ pages (double sheet) : from Guilford street : begins, "As I do not wish to awaken feelings of disgust horror by appearing before you with a black eye bruised protuberant forehead, i must relinquish the pleasure of calling on you this morning ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1808 : (MISC 2192) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Lester : begins, "As my brother is going to Town, I gladly avail myself of the opportunity of writing a few lines just to inquire how you do ..." -- Both letters published in Marilyn Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays, p. 504-506. less

Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and mathematics expositor. · To Captain Hanchette, R. N., at 24 Rue Duphot : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Apr 1833 : (MISC 3940) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I am truly sensible my dear Sir of your kind attention and am hapy to have a friend so near in time of need ..." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

Mary Lamb, English children's book writer. The sister of Charles Lamb, the essayist, Mary contributed several works to William Godwin's Juvenile Library, including Tales from Shakespeare, a collaboration with her brother. · To Matilda Betham, writer and miniature painter : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Mar 1811 : (S'ANA 0990) : [no place] : promising to drag the hopelessly unreliable Coleridge along to meet her; begins, "Coleridge has given me a very chearful promise that he will wait on Lady Jerningham any day you will be pleased ...". less

Mary Leadbeater [née Shackleton], Irish author. · To Thomas Lewis O'Byrne, Bishop of Meath : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Feb 1802 : (MISC 3959) : from Ballitore : with reverential memories of their mutual friend, Edmund Burke; begins, "I am gratified by transmitting the enclosed to the friend of our honoured, Beloved, Lamented Edmund Burke ..." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Mary Howitt, née Botham, English writer and translator. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : "Friday" Sep 1848 : (BRNG 0047) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I send you the Album can you [------ly?] let me have it again tomorrow as I have several more contributions to obtain for it ..." Tipped into the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Mary Berry, English author. She and her sister Agnes befriended an elderly Horace Walpole in 1788, who took a strong interest in the girls, providing them a home at his Little Strawberry Hill. She edited the posthumous collection of The Works of Horatio Walpole and wrote several books, including A comparative view of the social life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles the Second to the French Revolution (1828). Chiefly remembered for her association with Walpole, recent scholars have shown interest in her letters and journals for the insight they give on women's history. To her cousin George : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Apr 1844 : (MISC 0959) : regarding their cousin Synnot and an appointment to the military. less

Mary Campbell, oldest sister of the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. · Holograph last will and testament : 15 October 1836 : (MISC 1640) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : naming Thomas Campbell as sole executor; also naming her nieces, Elizabeth and Mary Campbell, daughters of her brother Alexander, as beneficiaries. less

Mary Holderness, British writer on Russia. To William Upcott, antiquarian and autograph collector : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Jan 1823 : (MISC 2024) : from 6 Great Suffolk Street, Borough : begins, "I went to Mr. Sherwood's on Tuesday in last week, and expected to have finally arranged with him, but he said it was requisite for him to see you ..." Tipped into the William Upcott album of letters by eminent ladies. Shelved with bond manuscripts under "Upcott.". less

The Mary Jane Godwin manuscript material in the New York Public Library's Pforzheimer Collection consists of correspondence and related archival material. The bulk of the correspondence is from the 1830s. Correspondents include: Laman Blanchard, author and journalist; Aaron Burr, third Vice President of the United States; Mary Hays, novelist, and over half a dozen others. Related archival material includes a 1938 official copy of M. J. Godwin's death certificate, and copies in the hand of Claire Clairmont of what may be letters written by M. J. Godwin. less

Rose Mary Crawshay, née Yeates, British feminist and school board member. An admirer of Romantic poetry, she initiated an annual Byron-Shelley-Keats memorial essay prize for women writers. To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Nov 1886 : (S'ANA 0219m) : thanking him for the books and his letter, enclosing two broadside announcements of the winners of the 1886 Byron-Shelley-Keats memorial essay prizes, which are both annotated in her hand. From the files of the bibliographer H. Buxton Forman. less

Mary Cowden Clarke, English literary scholar and writer. · Holograph essay signed, in the form of a letter to the Editor of "The Illustrated London News" : 7 Nov 1895 : (S'ANA 0010) : 10 leaves, stitched together at top left corner : an article on John Keats, recalling her personal encounters with Keats at the home of her father, Vincent Novello, when Shelley was one of the company; also discussing Keats's poetry. less

Mary Armytage, née Bowles, second wife of Sir George Armytage, 4th Baronet of Kirklees. · Holograph account book : 5 Dec 1791-23 Jul 1796 : (MISC 4308) : 1 volume (20 leaves) : signed "Mary Armytage" on the inside front paste-paper cover; records income and expenditures beginning with the date of her marriage to Sir George Armytage ("Received of Papa the day before my marriage £5.5.0"). Throughout the volume, the versos record income and the opposite rectos record payments. Most of the income is "Rec.d of Sir George," with the occasional money "won at cards." The expenditures include money she "Gave at the Sacrament"; "Gave a man for finding my Bracelet"; "Lost at Cards"; used to pay people, including the maidservant and the nanny; and used to buy various goods, including tooth picks, handkerchiefs, and clothing. less

Mary Leman Gillies [née Rede, other married name Grimstone], British writer and social reformer. · To Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, novelist and short-story writer : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date; after 1835] : (MISC 4046) : declining to attend her party in light of the present "struggle in the commercial world.". less

Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist. · To "Miss Keary," either Annie or Eliza Keary, writers : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Oct 1871 : (MISC 4091) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester (embossed stationery) : begins, "Will you two maidens make one Gosling? We have one composite one already called Double Daisy consisting of two Miss Pearsons . . . .". less

Autograph penmanship exercises signed : [ca. 1791?] : (B'ANA 0690) : 1 sheet, apparantly from a copy book, in her juvenile hand; "Try to write well and quickly" repeated 15 times on recto; an exercise using the word "Emolument" on the verso. Mounted between pp. 32-33 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron. less