Manuscripts

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

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-1873.
Call number: mssHM 14391-14395
Creator: Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.

Thomas T. Eckert, New York, certification

Manuscripts

Typescript document signed. Eckert certifies to the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln electoral votes estimate, 1864 October 13 (mssHM 2032). Volume contains copies of engravings and photographs and portions of "Lincoln in the telegraph office : recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War," by David Homer Bates. Also present is a facsimile of mssHM 2032.

mssLincoln

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George Bentley letters

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HM 83966: George Bentley addresses "Dear Sir" on November 6, 1893. In this letter, Bentley asks the addressee for additional copies of his book After Business. He states he gave away all but 1 of the 100 copies printed. He also asks about a "Mr. Howell." HM 83967: Writing from Tenby Wales, George Bentley addresses "Mr. Cousens" on March 10. Bentley inquires Cousens about the status of a proof and asks to him to sign his name in full at the bottom.

mssHM 83966-83967

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Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William M. Van der Weyde concerning Thomas Paine

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Volume contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and William M. Van der Weyde regarding Roosevelt's reference to Thomas Paine as a "filthy little atheist" in his publication Gouverneur Morris (1888). Roosevelt alleged his description of Paine was partly based on a quote from statesman Gouverneur Morris's journal. The letters discuss the origin of the Morris quote and histories of Paine by authors Jared Sparks and Moncure Daniel Conway. Roosevelt expounds upon the definitions of "atheist" and "deist" in several letters. The final Roosevelt letter is sent by his secretary on his behalf (1918 September 4, mssHM 6026). Roosevelt's letters to Van der Weyde are all signed typescripts; most contain autograph edits. In addition, the volume contains typescript and facsimile copies of a letter from Roosevelt to "Mr. Hartmann," 1917 October 23 (FAC 50). Van der Weyde's letters are typescript signed copies. An introduction to the correspondence by Van der Weyde and images of Paine, Morris, Roosevelt, Van der Weyde, and others are also present in the volume. Two images are original photographs of Roosevelt, one a portrait and the other at his desk, taken by Van der Weyde and signed by him (undated). Items were bound together by Van Der Weyde for preservation purposes; title on binding is "Roosevelt - Van der Weyde Correspondnce concerning Thomas Paine." Volume contains five Theodore Roosevelt typescript letters signed dated: 1918 April 4 (mssHM 6015), 1918 April 19 (mssHM 6016), 1918 July 1 (mssHM 6019), 1918 July 9 (mssHM 6021), and 1918 August 21 (mssHM 6024).

mssHM 6014-6026

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Charles Dickens letters

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A collection of letters by Charles Dickens; the letters are written to, among others, William Harrison Ainsworth, George Bentley, Frederick William Dickens, William Empson, John Pritt Harley, Susan Horner, Robert Bulwer Lytton (Earl of Lytton), and John Palgrave Simpson.

mssHM 78780-78794

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Paddy's Plot or the Old Fool Couzen'd at Last: in two acts

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At the end of the volume is a two page autograph letter by William Cobbett, unsigned and undated, which inspired the play (mssHM 34560).

mssHM 34559-34560

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Holograph letters

Manuscripts

A volume of autograph letters and printed engravings. The volume includes 21 letters by De Staël and one letter by her father, Jaques Necker; the volume also includes 20 black and white engravings of De Staël and one of her father. Some of the letters have sustained insect damage before being placed in the volume which has resulted in some loss of text.

mssHM 2791-2812

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

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