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Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871. Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Robert Balmanno, 1848 July 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Robert Balmanno, 1848 July 13.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

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Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861,. Autograph letter signed from Robert Balmanno to Robert Lemon [manuscript], 1828 October 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Balmanno to Robert Lemon [manuscript], 1828 October 14.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861. Autograph letter signed : Custom House, to an unidentified recipient [name illegible], 1861 Feb. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Custom House, to an unidentified recipient [name illegible], 1861 Feb. 18.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857. Autograph letter signed (third person) : Admiralty, to Robert Balmanno, 1826 Apr. 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed (third person) : Admiralty, to Robert Balmanno, 1826 Apr. 15.

Declining to attend a Festival of the Artists Benevolent Fund.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

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Bell, John, 1811-1895,. Autograph letter signed from John Bell to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1858 September 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Bell to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1858 September 28.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 332 items, 1801-1859

Title: Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 332 items 1801-1859

Leigh Hunt, English poet, journalist, and literary critic. The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others.

ArchivalResource: 332 items

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Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898. Autograph letter signed : Nice, to "My dear Enthusiast" [Robert Balmanno], 1857 Aug. 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Nice, to "My dear Enthusiast" [Robert Balmanno], 1857 Aug. 7.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (32mo)

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Jeffrey, William, 1812-1867. William Jeffrey : papers, 1852-1876.

Title: William Jeffrey : papers, 1852-1876.

Papers consist of correspondence, 1856-1867, including letters, 1856-1858, from Robert Balmanno of N.Y. about books and literary matters; correspondence with Sir Patrick Colquhoun, Ewing P. Colquhoun, C.H. Hutchinson of Philadelphia, and others about the collection of dividends from Patrick Colquhoun's shares of stock in the North American Land Co.; the collection of rents from land in Steuben and Allegheny counties, N.Y.; the transmission of funds to England; investments in stock of the New York Central Railroad and the Western Railroad Corporation of Massachusetts during the Civil War when the exchange rate between the U.S. and England was very high; the forwarding of bonds to Reverend Robert Cunningham of St. Ranraer, Scotland. Also includes accounts, 1854-1865; powers of attorney, receipts, certificates, etc., 1858-1867, bearing on Jeffrey's agency of the Colquhoun estate; papers, 1867-1876, regarding the administration of the estate of William Jeffrey in which his brothers, Alexander and John Jeffrey, were executors; and a prospectus for The Pen and Pencil by Mary Balmanno.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

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Shakespeare Society of New York. Records of the Shakespeare Society of New York [manuscript], 1852-1853.

Title: Records of the Shakespeare Society of New York [manuscript], 1852-1853.

(1-8) meeting notes, including some drafts of official minutes (possibly in the hand of Robert Balmanno). With (8), ballots proposing election of James F. Ruggles and Robert M.C. Graham, with a note that both were blackballed. (9) two leaves "cut out of the Record," including the original proposal for the founding of the society and resolutions made at the first and second anniversary festivals. (10-52) correspondence, mostly from members of the Society addressed to Robert Balmanno, secretary for the Shakespeare Society of New York. The bulk of these letters concern either the correspondents' election to the Society or whether or not they plan to attend the next meeting. Correspondents: C.L. Elliott, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, W.H. Burroughs, John Grieg, Parke Godwin, Charles Daly, Cornelius Grinnell, James Otis, C.A. Davies, Richard Grant White, Hiram Fuller, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Charles Gayler, Egerton Ellesmere, James Wallack Jr., Mary Cowden Clarke, G.C. Verplanck, William Rufus Blake, F.S. Cozzens. (53) a log recording attendance of members at meetings. (54-55) menus from dinners held by the Society.

ArchivalResource: 55 items ; 12 x 9 cm to 33 x 21 cm.

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Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861. Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to George P. Putnam, 1852 Oct. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to George P. Putnam, 1852 Oct. 25.

Concerning a new magazine that the latter plans to publish and offering him an article on wood engraving that he had prepared for the late George C. Colton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845. Autograph letters signed (2) : [London], to Robert Balmanno, 1828 Sept. 10-1829 Jan. 12.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2) : [London], to Robert Balmanno, 1828 Sept. 10-1829 Jan. 12.

About the death of Hood's sister, and the address of Sir John Phillipart.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 p.) ; (narrow 8vo)

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Heath, Charles, 1785-1848. Autograph letter signed : London, to Robert Balmanno, 1815 Jan. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Robert Balmanno, 1815 Jan. 12.

Concerning sets of Shakespearean prints.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Leigh Hunt letters, 1821-1854

Title: Leigh Hunt letters 1821-1854

Three letters of British poet and essayist Leigh Hunt to literary enthusiast Robert Balmanno (1821), and to publisher and bookseller Charles Ollier (1840, 1854). The letters reference social matters, books purchased, and to a lesser degree, Hunt's work

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859,. Autograph letter signed from Washington Irving, Sunnyside, to Robert Balmanno, South Brooklyn [manuscript], 1853 May 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Washington Irving, Sunnyside, to Robert Balmanno, South Brooklyn [manuscript], 1853 May 29.

Irving accepts membership in Shakespeare Society. Endorsed on the back, most likely by Robert Balmanno: Acks [sic] his Election as an Honorary member. Accompanied by envelope addressed to Balmanno.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 21 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463487935 View

Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844. Autograph letter signed : Middle Scotland Yard, to Mr. Balmanno, 1829 Oct. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Middle Scotland Yard, to Mr. Balmanno, 1829 Oct. 2.

Returning a book and asking about a bookbinder.

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

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Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830. Autograph letter signed : Russell Square, to Mr. Balmanno, 1829 June 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Russell Square, to Mr. Balmanno, 1829 June 21.

Asking for the insertion of newspaper notices of the death of Isabella (Hutchinson) Wolff, wife of Jens Wolff, the late consul to his Danish majesty at the court of London.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (6 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270597227 View

Bradbury, William, 1800-1869. Autograph letter signed : "Bolt Court", to Robert Balmanno, [no year] Dec. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Bolt Court", to Robert Balmanno, [no year] Dec. 24.

Regretting that he and his wife cannot join Balmanno in Christmas festivities.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854. Autograph letter signed : "Admiralty" [London], to R. Balmanno, 1827 Dec. 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Admiralty" [London], to R. Balmanno, 1827 Dec. 29.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo)

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Jones, George, 1786-1869. Autograph letter signed : London, to Robert Balmanno, 1828 May 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Robert Balmanno, 1828 May 5.

Respectfully declining an invitation of the Artists' Fund.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270881253 View

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 327 items, 1801-1859

Title: Leigh Hunt manuscript material : 327 items, 1801-1859

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Masque of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others.

ArchivalResource: 327 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297235105 View

Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861,. Autograph letters signed from Robert Balmanno, New York, to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, Esq. [manuscript], 1854-1855.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Robert Balmanno, New York, to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, Esq. [manuscript], 1854-1855.

All letters are to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker except for (4) which is to Mrs. Crofton Croker. (1) Regarding the selling of the Shakespeare ring and other questions regarding Croker family Shakespeare memorabilia; (2) Regarding Mr. Ridfeld's draft for £45 pounds for "750 copies of Extracts from Moore's letters," Shakespeare items relating to Croker's "dear father" (mulberry block, whistle), and other details; (3) Regarding delivery of a letter from Croker's father and an introduction to Mrs. Degen. Includes integral 2nd letter dated October 28, 1854, from Maria Degan to Croker about Croker's father's collection of relics; (4) Addressed to Mrs. Crofton Croker offering condolences on the death of Mr. Croker. Mentions Mary Balmanno's poem to Croker on his acquisition of the Shakespeare Gimmel ring (see PS1059.B76 L7). Requests a picture of Mr. Croker; (5) Offering condolences on the death of his mother and discussing a portrait of her husband. Mentions Coriolanus, Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband and son, Mr. Bradbury (the proprietor of Punch), Charles and Maria Degen, Mrs. Balmanno, Dr. Kane and the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, the remains of Sir John Franklin, Sir Edward Belcher. Describes how to send the mulberry when it is found; (6) Regarding portrait made by T. F. Dillon Croker of Thomas Croker (for Mrs. Balmanno's work) and a request regarding contacting Mr. Bradbury. Assumes that Lord Londesborough will purchase the Shakespeare ring. Awaits the catalogue of his father's collection; (7) Regarding renewed contact with Mr. Bradbury and a portrait of Croker's aunt. Expresses horror at the low price that Croker has set for the Shakespeare ring, and implores Croker to bid on it for him. With lengthy postscript regarding Croker family Shakespeare memorabilia and its current whereabouts. Postscript about the Degens and the Shakespeare ring; (8) Regarding the portrait of Croker's father and Mrs. Balmanno's volume, The Pen and Pencil. The case and catalogue arrived safely. Thanks him for the mulberry piece.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495705388 View

Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898,. Autograph letters signed from Mary Cowden Clarke to various recipients [manuscript], 1843-1896.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Mary Cowden Clarke to various recipients [manuscript], 1843-1896.

Many concern her concordance to Shakespeare; others refer to her famous friends, especially Keats, Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and Gounod (28). (39) includes an autograph copy of one of her sonnets, and (33) and (56) include sheets from the manuscript of the concordance.

ArchivalResource: 56 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436215745 View

Britton, John, 1771-1857. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to R. Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to R. Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270875824 View

Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898,. Autograph letters signed or initialled from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1851-1861.

Title: Autograph letters signed or initialled from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1851-1861.

Includes 100 letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno, many addressed "My dear Enthusiast & Father-in-love." Also includes 7 letters to Mrs. Balmanno, and several by other persons, all connected with Mrs. Clarke: William Thompson to G.P. Putnam (3), J. Alfred Novello to Robert Balmanno (6, 34, 35, 97), Mary Sabilla Novello to Robert Balmanno (13, 24), Charles Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno (59, 120, 132), and Elizabeth F. Bosanquet to Anne C. Nettleton concerning Florence Nightingale and Mrs. Clarke (144)). Also several printed sheets, copy of a poem addressed to Mrs. Clarke, in her hand ("Fair vot'ress at Shakespeare's shrine" (135)), and an autobiographical memoir in her autograph (136). Several items concern the Testimonial Chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke her by Abott Lawrence in January 1852: an autograph letter signed from Abbott Lawrence to Robert Balmanno (137) and copies of three letters between Lawrence and Mrs. Cowden-Clarke (138) and a printed copy of the inscription on the chair (139).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (144 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/416481051 View

Robert Balmanno correspondence, 1852-1868.

Title: Robert Balmanno correspondence, 1852-1868.

Collection consists of letters from Balmanno to John Sartain, engraver of Philadelphia, Pa., relating to Balmanno's collection of books and engravings, attempts to publish his wife Mary Balmanno's book Pen and Pencil, and various literary and artistic matters.

ArchivalResource: .08 linear foot (1 folder)

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Douce, Francis, 1757-1834,. Autograph letter signed from Francis Douce, London, to Robert Balmanno, Esq. [manuscript], 1828 February 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Francis Douce, London, to Robert Balmanno, Esq. [manuscript], 1828 February 27.

Explains his inability to attend Balmanno's "ballot" due to an illness. Addressed from Gower Street.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697841737 View

Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-MacKenzie, Baron, 1776-1845. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Robert Balmanno, 1825 May 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Robert Balmanno, 1825 May 7.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270861123 View

Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840. Autograph letter signed : Kensington, to Robert Balmanno, 1825 May 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Kensington, to Robert Balmanno, 1825 May 1.

Thanking him for an invitation to the Festival of the Artists Benevolent Fund and regretting his inability to attend.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270521675 View

Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883,. Autograph letter signed from John Payne Collier, Maidenhead, to Robert Balmanno Esq. [manuscript], 1861 January 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Payne Collier, Maidenhead, to Robert Balmanno Esq. [manuscript], 1861 January 9.

Expresses appreciation for "...the Inkstand so kindly and liberally presented to me by you & your friends..."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688484456 View

Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883,. Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people [manuscript], 1818-1882.

Title: Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people [manuscript], 1818-1882.

216 mostly autograph letters signed and initialed; also, newspaper clippings. Letters include references to various literary figures: several refer to E. Alleyn; (173) to Collier's copy of a masque with emendations in Chapman's hand; (26) to information about Churchyard; (32, 156) discuss his editions of Coleridge lectures; (127) to his having Drayton's copy of the Faerie Queene; (153) to [Forman's] diary describing Shakespearean performances; (34) to Greene's Menaphon; some to his work on John Bunyan; (126, 127) to a misplaced Southey manuscript. Shakespearean references include: authorship of Edward III; biographical information; facsimiles of plays; alleged forgeries; his house; his knowledge of law; monuments; portraits, and criticism. Scattered references to attacks on Collier occur in the Ebsworth letters and elsewhere; several concern the Perkins Folio; enclosed in (167) are copies of 16 title pages taken from the "corrected folio of 1632." Letters contain numerous references to his associations with the Camden Society, the Percy Society, and the Shakespeare Society. (216-223) are newspaper clippings, 1859-1860, discussing the authenticity of emendations in the Perkins Folio; with them is Collier's unpublished draft of his reply, March 25, 1860, to Sir Frederic Madden's letter in the Times.

ArchivalResource: 224 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/461319741 View

Balmanno, Robert. Papers, 1822-1859.

Title: Papers, 1822-1859.

Correspondence received from British aristocracy concerning their invitation to the Artists Fund dinner. Includes typed transcriptions.

ArchivalResource: 47 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29852942 View

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Autograph letter signed from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Brixton Hill, Surrey, to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1852 October 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Brixton Hill, Surrey, to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1852 October 11.

Discusses his success in collecting material on Shakespeare "for the first volume of the folio edition," especially from the family records of the 18th cent. owners of New Place, hitherto "touched by anyone." Raises the possibility of selling his Shakespeare Museum to Mr. Burton, an American.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281561891 View

Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777-1869. Autograph letter signed : "British Museum", to Robert Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "British Museum", to Robert Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 21.

Declining for the time being to serve as a Steward for the Artists Benevolent Fund.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270614079 View

Lewis Gaylord Clark corrspondence, 1833-1867

Title: Lewis Gaylord Clark corrspondence 1833-1867

Lewis Gaylord Clark (1808-1873) was an American editor. The collection consists of correspondence between Clark and various friends and colleagues. Letters are predominantly outgoing, and relate to business matters. Some items are negative photostats

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4201 View

Robert Balmanno correspondence, 1852-1868

Title: Robert Balmanno correspondence 1852-1868

Robert Balmanno was an author and collector of engravings and autographs. He moved from London where he was editor of the London Literary Gazette to New York where he founded the New York Shakespeare Society. Collection consists of letters from Balmanno to John Sartain, engraver of Philadelphia, Pa., relating to Balmanno's collection of books and engravings, attempts to publish his wife Mary Balmanno's book Pen and Pencil, and various literary and artistic matters. Also, letters, 1861-1868, from Mary Balmanno to John Sartain, regarding disposal of her husband's collection of books, engravings and autographs.

ArchivalResource: .08 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/190 View

George Clint letters to Robert Balmanno, 1820-1843

Title: George Clint letters to Robert Balmanno 1820-1843

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/8597 View

Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845. Papers, 1812-1889 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1812-1889 and n.d.

Correspondence from Hood to Frederick Oldfield Ward, Wilson Barrett, and Robert Balmanno, and to Hood from William Lennox. Some additional correspondents have not been identified. This collection also contains material concerning the Hood family, including letters addressed to Thomas Hood the Younger, letters by Jane Hood, and a letter to Charles Wentworth Dilke written jointly by Jane Hood and her husband Thomas Hood, the Elder. A series of letters and papers relate to the illness and death of Hood, subscription for a memorial and pension for his widow and children, and the death of Jane Hood. The collection also contains a broadside poem addressed to Thomas Hood, the Elder, as Editor of the NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, on the novels of Charles Dickens, as well as original sketches by Hood and bookplates.

ArchivalResource: 95 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42584177 View

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826. Autograph letter in third person : Buckingham Street [London], to R. Balmanno, 1819 Apr. 12.

Title: Autograph letter in third person : Buckingham Street [London], to R. Balmanno, 1819 Apr. 12.

Declining an invitation to an anniversary dinner.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270513461 View

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912,. Letters regarding Shakespeare Mulberry Block, 1866-1884, n.d.

Title: Letters regarding Shakespeare Mulberry Block, 1866-1884, n.d.

This file consists of letters relating to the history and authenticity of a block of mulberry wood that supposedly came from a tree planted by Shakespeare. This block is now in the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library. The file was originally assembled by Horace Howar Furness, though it also contains a few related items that were added much later.

ArchivalResource: 17 items (19 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155883338 View

Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854,. Autograph letters signed from Thomas Crofton Croker, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1852.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Thomas Crofton Croker, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1852.

Recipients: Robert Balmanno and Frederick William Fairholt. (1) mentions Thomas Moore and his Irish melodies and also quotes from his own verses on Killarney and enclosed a news cutting of verse by D.F. M'Carthy.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281721000 View