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1844-1849


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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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    1817-1843

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 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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    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley letters to Sir John Bowring

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 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.

    mssHM 2759-2770

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    John Howard Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley correspondence

    Manuscripts

    A series of letters between John Howard Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Payne became infatuated with Mary Shelley after the death of her husband in 1822 and wished to marry her, but he lost interest when he realized she hoped only to use him to attract the notice of his friend, Washington Irving. John Payne never married. The letters discuss the British theater, society, and events and people in their lives.

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    John Howard Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley correspondence

    Manuscripts

    A series of letters between John Howard Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Payne became infatuated with Mary Shelley after the death of her husband in 1822 and wished to marry her, but he lost interest when he realized she hoped only to use him to attract the notice of his friend, Washington Irving. John Payne never married. The letters discuss the British theater, society, and events and people in their lives.

    mssPaynewoll

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    Emery, J. Impromptu: [manuscript], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1844, Aug.)

    Manuscripts

    This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent architects, artists, authors, engravers, playwrights, and sculptors from the 19th century in England. These autograph letters appear to have been collected by Anna C. Stryke. Another portion of the correspondence contains letters from Richard Hancock, an English naturalist written to Stryke from 1924 through 1926. Items of interest include travel diaries to Hawaii, written by Stryke and her sister, Mary C. Stryke in 1935. There are also a number of drawings, sketches, and watercolors found in ephemera.

    HM 80042.