Manuscripts
Rickman-Southey collection
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Robert Southey collection
Manuscripts
A collection of letters written by Robert Southey to William Taylor, British scholar, essayist, and translator. The collection also includes two letters to James Everett and a letter by John Warden Robberds. Three of the letters by Southey include autograph copies of his poems, "The Wedding," "Inscription Under an Oak," and "King Ramiro." The letters discuss many of the important people of the period including, among others, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Humphry Davy, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Napoleon I, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth. Also included is the original separated binding, with the William K. Bixby bookplate; all of the material in the collection is still window-mounted on paper.
mssHM 4815-4876
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Robert Southey collection
Manuscripts
A collection of letters written by Robert Southey to William Taylor, British scholar, essayist, and translator. The collection also includes two letters to James Everett and a letter by John Warden Robberds. Three of the letters by Southey include autograph copies of his poems, "The Wedding," "Inscription Under an Oak," and "King Ramiro." The letters discuss many of the important people of the period including, among others, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Humphry Davy, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Napoleon I, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth. Also included is the original separated binding, with the William K. Bixby bookplate; all of the material in the collection is still window-mounted on paper.
mssHM 4815-4876
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley collection
Manuscripts
A collection of 139 letters written by Mary Shelley from 1817 to 1849. The majority of the letters are to her stepsister Clair Clairmont (1798-1879), but there are also several letters written to English poet Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) and his wife, Marianne Hunt (1788-1857), and one letter to English publisher and author Charles Ollier (1788-1859). There is a bound volume containing letters from Mary Shelley to British politician, writer, and literary translator Sir John Bowring, from 1828 to 1837, while he was editor of the Westminster Review.
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Autograph Letters of Robert Southey to William Taylor: original binding
Manuscripts
A collection of letters written by Robert Southey to William Taylor, British scholar, essayist, and translator. The collection also includes two letters to James Everett and a letter by John Warden Robberds. Three of the letters by Southey include autograph copies of his poems, "The Wedding," "Inscription Under an Oak," and "King Ramiro." The letters discuss many of the important people of the period including, among others, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Humphry Davy, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Napoleon I, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth. Also included is the original separated binding, with the William K. Bixby bookplate; all of the material in the collection is still window-mounted on paper.
mssHM 4815-4876
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Letters from Osborn Collection at Beinecke Library at Yale and the Musio Civico at Lodi [photocopies]
Manuscripts
This folder contains: a. 07/11/1779 copy of letter in Italian to Prince Hoare from? - Five pages b. 01/17/1780 copy of letter in Italian to Prince Hoare from [G. Bastiznelli?] - Four pages plus two pages of handwritten transcription also in Italian c. 02/24/1781 copy of letter in English to "Dear Sir" [Prince Hoare?] modern handwritten note indicates letter is four pages [4th page not found] d. 02/08/1788 copy of letter in English to "Dear Prince" [Prince Hoare] from J. Cavello - Four pages e. 03/02/1788 copy of letter in English from Dr. Burney to Mrs. Cosway - One page f. 01/07/1799 copy of letter in English to Richard Cosway from Benjamin West - One page g. 11/23/1800 copy of letter in English from Mr. Murphy to Richard Cosway - Two pages h. 07/24/1806 copy of letter in English to Prince Hoare from Joseph Bonomi - Two pages i. 01/13/1807 copy of letter in English to "Sir" from Richard Cosway regarding naval prize money - Six pages j. 01/12/1810 copy of letter in English to Richard Cosway from Caleb Whitefoord regarding the Prince of Wales becoming a Patron of the Society of Arts. Also a two page typescript of the handwritten letters - Six pages k. Undated copy of letter from Lady Ailesberg(?) to Mrs. Cosway l. Undated – modern handwritten draft of a letter to Katherine Gordon from DGW regarding assistance on Cosway correspondence
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Series 6: John Thomas Duckworth, (1784-1802)
Manuscripts
The material in this series is arranged in alphabetical and chronological order based on material type. John Thomas Duckworth was a Royal Navy officer and this material pertains to his service during the years 1798-1802, from his part in the Capture of Minorca to his first two years as Commander-in-Chief at Barbados and the Leeward Islands. Duckworth is not linked to the Hamond family but this material is contemporaneous with other content in the collection. The material includes Admiralty and naval correspondence, Leeward Islands correspondence and papers, and ship's papers.
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