Manuscripts

The Dream of Eugene Aram: poem: a forgery

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Description: Also includes a forged letter from Thomas Hood to "My dear Smith," April 13 (mssHM 12384).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1830.
Call number: mssHM 12384-12385
Creator: Hood, Thomas (1799-1845)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries sale, lot 293, November 1916.
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Eugene Field Original Poems and Letter

Manuscripts

Volume includes: Love's Request: poem and music (mssHM 19441); Crumpets and Tea: poem (mssHM 19442); Willie: poem with color drawing (mssHM 19443); Little Boy Blue: poem (mssHM 19444); "This is Posie's great big sister:" poem with color drawing (mssHM 19445); "It is very aggravating to be bothered with the prating...:" poem (mssHM 19446); Eugene Field letter to "Dear sister Lynch," February 18, 1892 (mssHM 19447); and printed material.

mssHM 19441-19447

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Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate to come in after the Flyleaf & prefatory matter: draft version written for the collected edition of Scott's works

Manuscripts

Also enclosed: Introduction to Chronicles...in the hand of William Laidlaw, with corrections in the hand of Scott, approximately 1831 (mssHM 979); letters from David Douglas to My dear Campbell, 1894 (mssHM 24048-24050); facsimile of a letter from Walter Scott, 1829 (mssFAC 13).

mssHM 1982

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A Rain Dream: a poem

Manuscripts

Also includes a letter to William James Stillman, December 4, 1854 (mssHM 24381).

mssHM 2568

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Thomas Hood autograph letters

Manuscripts

Includes Preface written by his son Thomas Hood (1835-1874).

mssHM 12386-12405

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On a Spiteful Letter: poem

Manuscripts

Also enclosed: Alfred Tennyson letter to Dear Sir, December 24, 1867 (mssHM 22256).

mssHM 1325

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The Lay of St. Medard. Golden Legends No. VII. By Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq

Manuscripts

An autograph manuscript by Richard Harris Barham. The volume also contains other manuscripts, engravings, and letters; with the bookplate of Frederick Locker. The volume also contains a letter from Barham to My dear Madam (mssHM 14391); a motto in the handwriting of Barham (mssHM 14392); The Lay of St. Medard, with a copy of a letter from George Bentley (mssHM 14393); George Cruikshank's rough pencil sketch for the Legend of St. Mendard (mssHM 14394); an autograph letter by George Cruikshank to Frederick Locker (mssHM 14395); and two printed engravings of Barham by Richard Bentley.

mssHM 14391-14395

The Dream of Eugene Aram: poem: a forgery

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