Manuscripts

Barry Cornwall letter to Robert Browning ; poems

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Description: Barry Cornwall was the pen name of Bryan Waller Procter. Also enclosed: To My Child, poem (mssHM 3103); Cornwall letter to Handleby (mssHM 3104). King & Slave (mssHM 3105); Grief, (mssHM 3106), poems by Adelaide Anne Procter, daughter of Bryan Waller Procter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1825-1856.
Call number: mssHM 3102-3106
Creator: Cornwall, Barry (1787-1874)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of November 1945.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Charles Lamb: a Memoir

Manuscripts

Barry Cornwall was the pseudonym for Bryan Waller Procter. The three volume memoir is largely in the handwriting of Procter, with his corrections throughout. Portions are in the handwriting of Mrs. Procter; some leaves are damaged. Two portraits of Lamb are inserted; biographical sketches of Procter laid in at the end. The memoir was disbound by Huntington Library staff and Box 4 contains binding remnants.

mssHM 656

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Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874. "Song:" [poem], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1853)

Manuscripts

Note: Cornwall was the penname of Bryan Waller Procter.

HM 69296

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[Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874]. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1856, Sep. 16), Brighton (Eng.)

Manuscripts

Note: Cornwall was the penname of Bryan Waller Procter; letter is signed "B.W. Procter."

HM 69297

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Richard Armour letter to Paul Zall

Manuscripts

This letter, written to fellow writer Paul Zall, chiefly talks about British poet Barry Cornwall and Armour's book Barry Cornwall: a biography of Bryan Waller Procter. Armour also talks a little bit about some of his other published works. The letter is written on "Claremont Men's College Memorandum" letterhead.

mssHM 78350

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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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Robert Southey letters and poems

Manuscripts

Also enclosed: Nahum Tate document, December 19, 1707 (mssHM 2731); Caroline Ann Bowles Southey letter to Robert Southey, January 19, 1821 (mssHM 2732).

mssHM 2728-2732

Barry Cornwall letter to Robert Browning ; poems

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