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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Signed autograph letter from William Cowper to English merchant and philanthropist John Thornton thanking him for sharing the encouraging opinions of American statesman Benjamin Franklin on Cowper's new book of poetry and discussing the impact of negative criticism by "periodical critics" on his desire to continue write. Letter is signed "Wm Cowper, Olney," and addressed to "John Thornton, Esqr., Clapham, Surry [i.e. Surrey]."
mssHM 24316
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Papers and correspondence of John Fiske. Included are manuscripts and proof sheets of his books, articles, lectures and other works on history, theology, and education, his literary works, musical compositions, and some documents. The professional and personal correspondence includes letters from Fiske to his wife Abby Morgan Fiske, mother Mary Fiske Bound Green Stoughton, Henry Holt, Henry A. Richmond, James Grant Wilson, and others. There are also letters to Fiske's step-father E. W. Stoughton. Some of the volumes have the bookplates of William Bixby and William F. Gable.
HM 24739-24780
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[London, England]. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Transcribed in Bruce Redford, ed. The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Princeton University Press, 1994) vol. IV: 335-36.
HM 20822
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London, England. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages. Transcribed in Bruce Redford, ed. The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Princeton University Press, 1994), vol. IV: p. 276-75.
HM 20827
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Papers and correspondence of John Fiske. Included are manuscripts and proof sheets of his books, articles, lectures and other works on history, theology, and education, his literary works, musical compositions, and some documents. The professional and personal correspondence includes letters from Fiske to his wife Abby Morgan Fiske, mother Mary Fiske Bound Green Stoughton, Henry Holt, Henry A. Richmond, James Grant Wilson, and others. There are also letters to Fiske's step-father E. W. Stoughton. Some of the volumes have the bookplates of William Bixby and William F. Gable.
HM 18885
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A large folio extra-illustrated volume containing twenty-six letters by John Wesley and single letters by Robert Southey, Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield. The volume also contains a few printed items and various engravings of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, George Whitfield, Robert Southey, Samuel Wesley, and locations associated with the Wesley family. The letter to an unidentified woman (1778 November 13, HM 57046) is a printed facsimile of the original letter in the Methodist Archives, Rylands University Library (Manchester, England). George Whitefield's letter (HM 57062) is addressed to "Mr. Blackwell at Mr. Martin's a Banker in Lombard Street in London" and is dated 1739 June 27. The letter to Rev. Samuel Furly (1758 March 7, HM 57036) is written by secretary John Jones.
mssHM 57035-57063