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Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items, 1799-1811

Title: Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items 1799-1811

To Thomas Hill, book collector : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1800 : (MISC 0389) : from Norton : begins, "I know not how it happened but I have again not received the New London Review ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 May 1800 : (MISC 0390) : from Norton : begins, "I hope I am in time to [?] the [--tion?] in the Monthly Mirror of what relates to the fate of [Farah Floyd?] ..."; also including, "Mr. Robert Bloomfield & his mother Mrs. Glover are with us ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1800 : (MISC 0388) : begins, "I have great satisfaction in what you tell me of the recovery of Mrs. Siddons ..."; including discussion relating to the copyright of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy.

ArchivalResource: 6 items

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Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823. The farmer's boy : a poem ; manuscript, 1801.

Title: The farmer's boy : a poem ; manuscript, 1801.

Autograph copy, signed, of the poem written on the recto pages, with notes and commentary on Capel Lofft's editorial revisions of the printed edition (1800) written on the verso pages.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (58 leaves) ; 32 cm.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Sund[erland?], to Thomas Hill [manuscript], 1799 May 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Sund[erland?], to Thomas Hill [manuscript], 1799 May 12.

Mentions that the volume of Rousseau seems to be deficient in the 2 last pages. Draws attention to "one of the most striking coincidences ... between a Greek epigram and a passage in Shakespeare" and quotes Merry wives of Windsor ("Divide me like a brib'd buck, each a haunch")

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 32 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456556539 View

Felton, Samuel. Manuscript copies of extracts concerning Shakespeare [manuscript], ca. 1860.

Title: Manuscript copies of extracts concerning Shakespeare [manuscript], ca. 1860.

Seven extracts from works by Samuel Felton, Henry Fuseli, Charles Macklin, Capel Lofft, Charles Symmons, and others.

ArchivalResource: 29 leaves.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824. Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items, 1799-1811

Title: Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items, 1799-1811

· To Thomas Hill, book collector : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1800 : (MISC 0389) : from Norton : begins, "I know not how it happened but I have again not received the New London Review ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 May 1800 : (MISC 0390) : from Norton : begins, "I hope I am in time to [?] the [--tion?] in the Monthly Mirror of what relates to the fate of [Farah Floyd?] ..."; also including, "Mr. Robert Bloomfield & his mother Mrs. Glover are with us ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1800 : (MISC 0388) : begins, "I have great satisfaction in what you tell me of the recovery of Mrs. Siddons ..."; including discussion relating to the copyright of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. · To "The Right Hon.ble The Sect: at War" [i.e., Lord Palmerston] : 1 autograph address panel (excised) : 7 Aug 1811 : (MISC 0984) : docketed in an unidentified hand ("Capel Lofft"). · To Vernor and Hood, publishers : 1 autograph letter signed : [17 Jan 1799] : (MISC 0982) : from Troston-Hall near Bury : begins, "I send you the following observations [cancelled lines] respecting the occultation of Jupiter by the Moon ..."

ArchivalResource: 6 items

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft to various recipients [manuscript], ca. 1795-1799.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft to various recipients [manuscript], ca. 1795-1799.

(1) to Geo. Dyer, 45 Carey St, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Gives his name and that of Mrs. Spence as subscribers to Dyer's friend's poems (possibly Charles Lamb's 1796 publication?) and refers to the proposal for publishing Mrs. Spence's poems. Also mentions R. Garnham's Outlines of a commentary on Rev. XI. This letter is undated; conjectured date of 1795 based on publication dates of the works mentioned. (2), to Messrs. Vernor and Hood, Booksellers, Poultry, consists of Notices & memoranda of celestial phenomena, an account intended for the Monthly mirror. Also, with (2), a printed portrait of Capel Lofft, published by Vernor & Hood in 1802.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 23 x 19 cm.

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George Dyer manuscript material : 17 items, 1792-1824

Title: George Dyer manuscript material : 17 items 1792-1824

To Lucy Aikin, historian : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (MISC 3616a) : asking her to not request in public that he begin an autobiography.

ArchivalResource: 17 items

http://archives.nypl.org/cps/21918 View

William Smith papers, 1760-1823

Title: William Smith papers 1760-1823

The papers consist of letters, poems by both William Smith and others, newspaper clippings and other material related to Smith's career in the theater and his life in retirement after 1788. The letters discuss personal news, requests for theater tickets, inquiries after Smith's health, and other matters. Letters by Thomas Coutts offer his opinion on various aspiring actors and gossip about theatrical personages; William Dolben's letters include drafts of epilogues and odes; Capel Lofft's letters contain comments on Garrick and Roscius. Edmund Kean's letter discusses his performances of Richard III. Other papers include a list of characters performed by Smith at Drury Lane, 1753-88; his farewell address from there, 1788; miscellaneous verses; and memorabilia of David Garrick.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.4'

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824. Autograph letter signed : Grorton Hall, to Mr. Sam Adams, 1785 Sept. 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Grorton Hall, to Mr. Sam Adams, 1785 Sept. 21.

Arguing against Pitt's proposal involving partial surrender of the elective franchise.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, White Horse, Ipswich, to Mr. Barton, Woodbridge [manuscript], 1813 May 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, White Horse, Ipswich, to Mr. Barton, Woodbridge [manuscript], 1813 May 20.

Concerns a tragedy written by James Hogg. Also, a typescript copy of the letter. Pencil annotation on letter indicates "See Hogg's correspondence."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Smith, William, 1730-1819. William Smith papers, 1760-1823.

Title: William Smith papers, 1760-1823.

The papers consist of letters, poems by both William Smith and others, newspaper clippings and other material related to Smith's career in the theater and his life in retirement after 1788. The letters discuss personal news, requests for theater tickets, inquiries after Smith's health, and other matters. Letters by Thomas Coutts offer his opinion on various aspiring actors and gossip about theatrical personages; William Dolben's letters include drafts of epilogues and odes; Capel Lofft's letters contain comments on Garrick and Roscius. Edmund Kean's letter discusses his performances of Richard III. Other papers include a list of characters performed by Smith at Drury Lane, 1753-88; his farewell address from there, 1788; miscellaneous verses; and memorabilia of David Garrick.

ArchivalResource: 0.84 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to various recipients [manuscript], 1796-1809.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to various recipients [manuscript], 1796-1809.

Recipients: the Rev. George Dyer, no. 10, Clifford's Inn, London, and Samuel Egerton Brydges, Denton, Kent. In (1), his letter to Dyer, he mentions sending an article to the Monthly magazine on Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Etudes de la nature and formerly intended Life of Rousseau. In (2), to Egerton Brydges, he mentions writing a pamphlet on the revival of the cause of reform in the representation of the Commons in Parliament.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

Title: Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

A collection of single letters, documents, and manuscripts, primarily dating to the 18th century, from the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 1 vol. (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01762/catalog View

Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Woodbridge and Bury, to various recipients [manuscript], 1811-1816.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Woodbridge and Bury, to various recipients [manuscript], 1811-1816.

Recipients: Wilmington Fleming, Thomas Hill and unidentified recipient. Some letters are fragmentary. (1) Cannot find the manuscript of "Fate of genius." Mentions the death of his son, Henry Capel Lofft, in the Battle of Albuera. (2) Makes reference to the Duke of York's conduct. On the inside leaf of (2), a draft of a letter in Wilmington Fleming's hand. (3) mentions a "sublimely beautiful comet." (4) Lofft mentions his Aphorisms from Shakespeare. (5) concerns travel arrangements for him and his daughter Laura. Also with (5), a clipped autograph signature attached to a sheet with biographical note of Lofft and a portrait of Capel Lofft.

ArchivalResource: 5 items ; 22 x 18 cm to 23 x 19 cm.

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Boswell Collection, 1428-1936, 1700-1795

Title: Boswell Collection 1428-1936 1700-1795

The Boswell Collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of author James Boswell; estate records, letters, personal and professional papers, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of ten generations of Boswells and their possession of the barony of Auchinleck; and correspondence relating to the political career of Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 196; Linear Feet: 102.50

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Ipswich, to John Evans, Esq. [manuscript], 1817 August 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Ipswich, to John Evans, Esq. [manuscript], 1817 August 10.

Concerns the discovery of an "original portrait" of Shakespeare.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 26 x 20 cm.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1799 February 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1799 February 10.

Includes a lengthy section on the subject of the Irish Union. Lofft also mentions finding an "admirable investigation of Shakespeare's conception & delineation of the character of Hamlet ... from Goethe in the appendix to the Monthly review." Also, passing references to the New review, a portrait of [William] Hayley by [George] Romney, and Memoirs of living authors.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Smith, William, 1730-1819. William Smith papers, 1760-1823.

Title: William Smith papers, 1760-1823.

The papers consist of letters, poems by both William Smith and others, newspaper clippings and other material related to Smith's career in the theater and his life in retirement after 1788. The letters discuss personal news, requests for theater tickets, inquiries after Smith's health, and other matters. Letters by Thomas Coutts offer his opinion on various aspiring actors and gossip about theatrical personages; William Dolben's letters include drafts of epilogues and odes; Capel Lofft's letters contain comments on Garrick and Roscius. Edmund Kean's letter discusses his performances of Richard III. Other papers include a list of characters performed by Smith at Drury Lane, 1753-88; his farewell address from there, 1788; miscellaneous verses; and memorabilia of David Garrick.

ArchivalResource: 0.84 linear feet (1 box)

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, Ipswich and Piemonte, to various recipients [manuscript], 1792-1823.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, Ipswich and Piemonte, to various recipients [manuscript], 1792-1823.

13 letters, 9 of which are to Edward Du Bois, others being to William Hayley, John Acton, J.M. Good, and J. Wilmington Fleming Gordon. Includes three letters laid in loose at beginning of volume. Letters concern Lofft's interests in topics that range from astronomy to poetry, especially versification. (1), to Hayley, includes a lengthy analysis of an epitaph on Collins. (11), to Du Bois, mentions Seymour's work on Shakespeare, noting his surprise that Seymour complemented him, Lofft, in the preface.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (13 letters) ; 19 x 16 cm.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Ipswich, to Peter Decker? [manuscript], 1816 August 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Ipswich, to Peter Decker? [manuscript], 1816 August 2.

Requests two Acts [of Parliament] dealing with Napoleon Bonaparte. Mentions the marriage of Princess Charlotte of Wales to the Prince of Saxe-Coburg.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to Mr. Gedge, printer, Bury [manuscript], 1806 January 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to Mr. Gedge, printer, Bury [manuscript], 1806 January 17.

Concerns Lofft's Aphorisms from Shakespeare. Recipient is likely Mr. Gedge of the firm Gedge and Barker, printers of this work. With accompanying envelope labeled "Capel Lofft; letter as to his aphorisms, 1806."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to Messrs. Vernor & Hood [manuscript], 1799 November 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Troston, to Messrs. Vernor & Hood [manuscript], 1799 November 6.

Lofft thanks Vernor and Hood for the beautiful edition of Dr. Langhorn's Theodosius and Constantia and Bartolemeo's Travels into India. Has not, however, received the continuation of his Review of Miss More on education.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456556531 View

Autographed correspondence collection of British-Canadian writers, 1804-1954.

Title: Autographed correspondence collection of British-Canadian writers, 1804-1954.

Correspondence written by both major and minor British and Canadian writers about a range of subject matter from social engagements to discussions concerning their work. The correspondents include; John Douglas Argyll, Reginald Arkell, Archibald Alison, Joseph Beard, Arthur John Brice, Frank Roe Batchelder, Herbert Bartteel, Frank Thomas Bullen, Alan England Brooke, Rhoda Broughton, William Canton, Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Jack R. Clemo, Winston Churchill, John Payne Collier, Maud Diver, Lady BeatriceDunsany, Archibald Forbes, Marius Goring, George F. Hanmer-Moore, Warren Hastings, Alan P. Herbert, Robert F. Horton, James Hogg, William Henry Hudson, William Blanchford Jerrold, Reginald Wright Kauffman, Thomas B. Macaulay, William Melmoth, Lewis Morris, Amelia Opie, Barry Eric Pain, John Hopkinson, Julia S. Pardoe, Horatio Gilbert Parker, Edward Harry Myerstein, Gordon McNeil Rushforth, Frank T. Sabin, Sir Walter Scott, William Bell Scott, John Sinclair, Bram Stoker, Charles Waterton, Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, Robert Allen Williams, William Jerdan, and Capel Lofft, Mark Lemon, Henry Melville, John Ruskin, John Godfrey Saxe, and Ernest Thompson Seton. The collection includes both 19th and 20th century correspondence, but the bulk is 19th century. Additional correspondents include John Britton, Lucas Cleeve, Alec Craig, Sir James Frazer, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Belloc Lowndes, George Macaulay Trevelyan, and Lucy Bethia Walford.

ArchivalResource: 57 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365285 View

Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824. Autograph letter signed : Norwich, to an unidentified recipient, 1816 Aug. 31.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Norwich, to an unidentified recipient, 1816 Aug. 31.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270846942 View

Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824. Letter to James Phillips. [s.l.]. 1792 June 9.

Title: Letter to James Phillips. [s.l.]. 1792 June 9.

Requesting him to send copies of the American Tract to several booksellers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122504216 View

Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824,. Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Stanton, to Samuel Egerton Brydges [manuscript], 1812 November 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Stanton, to Samuel Egerton Brydges [manuscript], 1812 November 24.

Lofft says Brydges election to Parliament brings him "great satisfaction." Mentions Aphorisms from Shakespeare. Says he is printing the index to the sonnets. Wishes he could contribute something that might deserve a place in The ruminator but fears "it will not be in [his] power."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 19 x 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435495525 View

Letters from others sent to Thomas Cadell, 1766-1825.

Title: Letters from others sent to Thomas Cadell, 1766-1825.

Letters received by bookseller Thomas Cadell and the successor firm of Cadell & Davies.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00249/catalog View

Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01782/catalog View

Dyer, George, 1755-1841. George Dyer manuscript material : 17 items, 1792-1824

Title: George Dyer manuscript material : 17 items, 1792-1824

· To Lucy Aikin, historian : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (MISC 3616a) : asking her to not request in public that he begin an autobiography. · To John Aikin, physician and writer : 1 autograph letter : w/m = 1801 : (MISC 3616b) : asking advice. · To David Booth, lexicographer and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 May 1821 (G'ANA 0034) : mentions tea with William Godwin. · To Mary Hays, writer : 8 autograph letters signed : 1792 - 1797 : (MISC 2164-2171) : two of the letters contain notes to Elizabeth Hays ; all letters published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays. · To a Mr. Huntsman at Longman, Hurst & Co. : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Mar 1824 : (MISC 0676) : regarding his Privileges of the University of Cambridge. · To Capel Lofft, radical editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : w/m = 1806 : (MISC 3616f) : regarding Lofft's mention of him in the preface of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. · To the Rev. Mr. Robinson in Chesterton, near Cambridge : 2 autograph letters signed : [dates uncertain] : (MISC 3616d-e) : explaining that he cannot get away because he has been called in to act as "one of the overseers" of his father's parish ; concerning the disposal of his father's goods so that he sent to the workhouse for nonpayment of debts. · To Gilbert Wakefield, biblical scholar and religious controversialist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616c) : concerning the production of one of his books, etc. · To an unknown gentleman : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616g) : describing the last days and death of their friend the Rev. Mr. Robinson.

ArchivalResource: 17 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174137726 View