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Hellas, a lyrical drama: manuscript, 1821, November 1

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Description: Manuscript copy of the poem Hellas by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is in the hand of Shelley's friend Edward E. Williams, but with corrections by Shelley.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1821, November 1.
Call number: mssHM 329
Creator: Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased at Huntington-Bixby-Church sale, March 1916.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

Walter Savage Landor letter to Leigh Hunt

Manuscripts

Also incorporated in the letter is a poem of four verses on Percy Bysshe Shelley.

mssHM 11716

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Percy Bysshe Shelley notebooks

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Three notebooks kept by Percy Shelley from 1819 to 1822:

mssHM 2111, HM 2176-2177

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Memorabilia regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley's memorial

Manuscripts

There are 8 card photographs in this small group of manuscripts relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley's memorial in Viareggio, Italy. In addition, there is a speech made by Colonel Shelley Leigh Hunt at a public banquet given at Viareggio, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Shelley memorial, September 30, 1894. A list of 10 names is also part of this group, these individuals appear to be part of the inauguration. These items are contained in an incomplete volume with pages 795-800 about the Shelley family.

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Easter, 1916 [typescript manuscript]

Manuscripts

The manuscript is the first typed copy of the poem Easter, 1916 by W. B. Yeats. It has handwritten corrections by Yeats.

mssHM 43250

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Commonplace book. English poetry : manuscript ; correspondence, manuscripts, poems and printed material

Manuscripts

This material includes a commonplace book and a miscellaneous group of letters, manuscripts, poems and printed material; some of the miscellaneous material may have been bound together at one time. The miscellaneous material includes: Francis Atterbury letter to Alexander Pope (HM 83576) ; List of book titles by John Bradshaw (HM 83577) ; note by Alexander Chalmers (HM 83578) ; verses by Charles Caleb Colton (HM 83579) ; poem by Alexander D'Arblay (HM 83580) ; printed poem by William James Linton (HM 83581) ; note and letter by Alexander Pope (HM 83582-83583) ; verses by Robert Vansittart ; poem by Edward Waller (HM 83585) ; and a poetical commonplace book with marbled paper covers (HM 83586).

mssHM 83576-83586

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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 1 letter to James Irvine, A.L.S. (1889, June 12), Trieste (Austria)

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Note: very fragile -- handle carefully. In the hand of Isabel Burton; draft letter, with autograph additions and corrections by Richard Burton.

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Hellas, a lyrical drama: manuscript, 1821, November 1

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