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Smith, Jane, 1795 or 1796-1828
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Jane Smith, née Godden, wife of John Smith, the English missionary. · To Peter Jackson, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : Dec 1823 : (MISC 4397) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Demerara : giving an eyewitness account of the slave... more
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Thomas Clarkson, British slavery abolitionist. To a Susanna Hunter of No. 2, North Queen Street, Belfast, Ireland : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jan 1845 : (MISC 0864) : complying with an autograph request. Includes slip with Clarkson's... more
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
George Donisthorpe Thompson, English slavery abolitionist. · Holograph review, signed, of Harriet Martineau's Society in America : [ca. 1837?] : (MISC 4145) : 1 p. (1 leaf) : begins, "I consider Miss Martineau's work the most faithful and... more
Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Zachary Macaulay, Scots-born slavery abolitionist. To Mr. [S.?] Jackson, Esq. : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Jun 1828 : (MISC 0418) : from London : begins, "Enclosed are two letters for Sierra Leone of which I will thank you to take charge of and... more
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
William Wilberforce, English politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist. · To the Revd. Dr. Phippen : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 May 1815 : (MISC 3979) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Kens[ingto]n Gore : begins, "I am... more
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
4 items
Charles James Fox, English Whig politician. A supporter of the American and French Revolutions, he was also a campaigner against slavery, and an advocate of religious tolerance. Fox's scandalous predelictions for gambling and women led to his... more
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
15 items
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... more
Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
To James Bandinel, civil servant : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jun 1839 : (MISC 3168) : from Cloisters, Westminster Abbey : begins, "I understand the question on which Mr. Strangeways writes for information to be whether there was any direct... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
34 manuscript pages (20 total leaves)
Sewn notebook with semi-stiff drab covers, containing six poems, a verse fragment, and one newspaper article copied in a single unidentified hand. The poems include: "On the Invention of Letters" ("Tell me what genius did the art invent"); "Ode... more
Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
205 items
Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. The Amelia Opie manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include: a holograph story, "The Brithday," and a number of... more
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
131 items
Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron, wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The Anne Isabella Byron,... more
Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
5 items
Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël, née Necker, Baroness Staël von Holstein, French-Swiss writer and salon leader. · To Ludovico di Breme, Italian writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1816 : (B'ANA 0777) : 1 page (double... more
Leigh, Augusta, 1784-1851
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
24 items
Augusta Leigh, née Byron, half-sister of Lord Byron, the poet. · Manuscript copy of Byron's poem, "Epistle to Lady Augusta" : [composed in 1816; copy made ca. 1827] : (B 0148) : 8 p. (2 leaves) : in Leigh's hand; begins, "My Sister, my... more
Smith, James, 1775-1839
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
104 items
The James Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph copy of Horace Smith's poem "Man"; holograph sonnets in immitation of Shakespeare ("Absence and presence,... more
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