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Edward Jerningham papers

Description
A collection of 1,194 items which consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera (1760-1820); the letters are primarily addressed to Edward Jerningham. Also included are miscellaneous notes and compositions, and one piece of verse titled "The queen of diamonds to Miss Jerningham;" of note is a letter from Thomas Jefferson (1789) thanking Jerningham for a copy of "Enthusiasm." This collection of Jerningham's correspondence was drawn upon by Lewis Bettany for his "Edward Jerningham and his friends," (London, 1919); a penciled number at the bottom of the first page of a letter indicates the page in Bettany's book where the letter is printed. Correspondents represented in the collection include, among others: Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lady Mary Beauchamp-Proctor, William Beville, John Henry Colls, Anne Seymour Damer, Antoine Desca, Elizabeth Hervey, Frances Villiers (Countess of Jersey), Anna Riggs Miller, Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Robert Potter, Anna Seward, Percival Stockdale, William Tasker, William Johnston Temple, Horace Walpole, and Helen Maria Williams.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1760-1820.
Call number
mssJE
Creator
Jerningham (1737?-1812)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Sawyer, 1926.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Barbauld, (1743-1825.)
Beauchamp-Proctor, Mary, (approximately 1760-1848.)
Beville, William, (1755-1822.)
Colls, John Henry, (1764-1802.)
Damer, Anne Seymour, (1748 or 1749-1828.)
Desca, Anthony. (approximately 1748-approximately 1820.)
Hervey, Elizabeth, (1743-1826.)
Jefferson, Thomas, (1753-1821.)
Jersey, Frances Villiers, (1741-1781.)
Miller, Anna Riggs, (1718-1800.)
Montagu, (1721-1804.)
Potter, R. (1742-1809.)
Seward, Anna, (1736-1811.)
Stockdale, Percival, (1740-1800.)
Tasker, William, (1739-1796.)
Temple, William Johnston, (1717-1797.)
Walpole, Horace, (1762-1827.)
Williams, Helen Maria,
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