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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Letter : to unknown person, [18--].

Title: Letter : to unknown person, [18--].

Autograph letter signed. Knight writes to declines an invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247315 View

John Moultrie manuscript material : 4 items, 1819-1828

Title: John Moultrie manuscript material : 4 items 1819-1828

To Charles Knight, publisher and writer : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday night" [1819?] : (S'ANA 0667) : from Eaton : begins, "I have in vain attempted to resume task ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" [?1820-1821] : (S'ANA 0666) : from Newstead Lodge : begins, "As you are probably busy on your 1st number and anxious to know what contributions you may expect, I write hastily to tell you that I have nearly finished the first canto of a Beppo poem ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [Dec 1823] : (S'ANA 0668) : from Combe Abbey : begins, "The remainder of the canto will be Coventry this evening, by either the Holyhead mail or the Shamrock ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [27 Dec 1828] : (S'ANA 0669) : from Belmont Shrewsbury : begins, "Your letter reached me this evening - and to make you happy, I have altered the obnoxious stanza ..."; discusses his involvement in "the publication of Shelley's posthumous works," noting, "the profits (if any) are to go to Mrs. Shelley, who is but ill provided for.".

ArchivalResource: 4 items

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Cartes-de-visite album and biographies, ca. 1875-1876.

Title: Cartes-de-visite album and biographies, ca. 1875-1876.

Photographs in the album are chiefly of American and English literary figures, political figures and actors. The album is accompanied by a volume in which the album owner has recorded biographical information on the subject of each portrait. An accompanying list also notes the photographic studios producing the portraits.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70213959 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Ayrton [manuscript], 1839 June 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Ayrton [manuscript], 1839 June 10.

Has been prevented from calling on him by an engagement with an artist who is preparing drawings of The merry wives of Windsor for his pictorial edition of Shakespeare. Hopes Ayrton did not mind being mentioned in the introduction to his First Folio edition. Asks for his notes on the two songs mentioned in the play: Greensleeves and Come live with me and be my love, for which he found dates in Percy's Reliques.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/416509206 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Tyler and Reed, 1848 Feb. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Tyler and Reed, 1848 Feb. 12.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270491100 View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

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

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864. Letters, 1821-1857.

Title: Letters, 1821-1857.

Concerning poetry submissions and writings of both his correspondents and himself; discussing artwork for his publications; mentioning some feuds and quarrels.

ArchivalResource: 36 items (117 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233124578 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, London, to J.E. Jones [manuscript], 1859 September 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, London, to J.E. Jones [manuscript], 1859 September 9.

Letter of regret for troubling Jones regarding a book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Letter : Isle of Wight, to unknown person, 1864 Feb. 13.

Title: Letter : Isle of Wight, to unknown person, 1864 Feb. 13.

Autograph letter signed. Knight writes about a correction that needs to be made to some proofs he has received from Fleet Street. He also refers to the book entitled Windsor Guide and to Mr. Porny's book on heraldry.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247312 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Highgate, to J. Wood(?) Esq. [manuscript], 19th century March (?) 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Highgate, to J. Wood(?) Esq. [manuscript], 19th century March (?) 19.

Apologizes for not sending a copy of his new edition of Shakespeare--one is on the way. Also apologizes for not answering a letter sent last year.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311262056 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, South Road, Wimbledon, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1863 August 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, South Road, Wimbledon, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1863 August 7.

Thanks him for his kind correspondence and the opportunity to consider his offer, but firmly declines an offer of membership in Dixon's committee.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311261907 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Hampstead, to George Routledge [manuscript], 1866 February 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Hampstead, to George Routledge [manuscript], 1866 February 16.

Discussion of Shakespeare editions.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311263709 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Letter signed from Charles Knight, Rosslyn Park, Hampstead, to L.J. Biss, Franklin Sienne German Language Institute, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript], 1868 June 22.

Title: Letter signed from Charles Knight, Rosslyn Park, Hampstead, to L.J. Biss, Franklin Sienne German Language Institute, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript], 1868 June 22.

Regrets long delay in answering (his) very flattering letter of the 30th of April. Due to his photographer's death and a fire on his premises, he is unable to send the cartes-de-visite that Biss requested, so he is sending a photo of a recent bust of him by Durham. Also regrets that due to his failing eyesight, he is unable to write the letter himself-- only to sign it.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Replym, Hampstead, to E. Walford, Esq. [manuscript], 1865 June 10, Saturday.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Replym, Hampstead, to E. Walford, Esq. [manuscript], 1865 June 10, Saturday.

Letter concerns proof copies and corrections.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311262054 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letters signed from Charles Knight, Highgate and Hampstead, to various recipients [manuscript], 1844-1865.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Charles Knight, Highgate and Hampstead, to various recipients [manuscript], 1844-1865.

Recipients: Green and [Joseph] Durham. The second letter discusses details of various early editions of Paradise Lost.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697839335 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Charles Knight letters, photograph, and clipping, 1846-1874.

Title: Charles Knight letters, photograph, and clipping, 1846-1874.

The collection consists of five items: letter to Sir, 18 March 1846, apologizing for taking so long to read his article on Raleigh, but agreeing to consider it for publication; letter to My dear Bicknell, 22 Feb. 1857, agreeing to meet Rev. James White, with a brief poem playing on their names; letter to My dear Bicknell, 10 April 1857, thanking him for a portrait; carte-de-visite photograph of Knight, dated 1864, credited to F. Moor, The Undercliff Photographic Studio; also, clipping, circa 1874, listing options and observations for a proposed Charles Knight Memorial.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61691258 View

Ingall, Henry, 19th cent. Henry Ingall correspondence and other papers relating to the authorship of Tomkis's Albumazar [manuscript], 1756, 1860-1879.

Title: Henry Ingall correspondence and other papers relating to the authorship of Tomkis's Albumazar [manuscript], 1756, 1860-1879.

A manuscript summary of Henry Ingall's argument that Shakespeare wrote Albumazar is preceded by clippings and by letters on the subject to and from Henry Ingall. Correspondents include J.P. Collier, J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, Charles Knight, W. Aldis Wright, Edward A. Bond, A.B. Grosart, Frederic Madden, John Winter Jones, William Tite, and William John Thoms.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Knight, 1824 Nov. 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Knight, 1824 Nov. 4.

Discussing his health and his obligations as an author.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270523827 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Autograph letter signed : Carlton Villas [London], to John Forster, 1855 Oct. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Carlton Villas [London], to John Forster, 1855 Oct. 19.

Acknowledging that he wrote The Elephant; thanking Forster for passing along Sir James Emerson Tennent's praise of the volume.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270958677 View

Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857. Autograph letter signed : Admiralty, [London], probably to Robert Cadell, 1823 Aug. 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Admiralty, [London], probably to Robert Cadell, 1823 Aug. 22.

Concerning a memoir of himself being written by Charles Knight.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270514735 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, to several recipients [manuscript], 1863 August 13.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, to several recipients [manuscript], 1863 August 13.

Correspondents include William Drogo Montagu, Duke of Manchester, William Hepworth Dixon and J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps. Responds to the National Shakespeare Committee's Proposal to erect a monument in a conspicuous part of London to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. He does not feel quite sure that this is the best way to do so, but is unwilling to set up (his) opinion against that of the many eminent persons whose names are affixed to the resolution.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318649720 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Letter : to unknown person, undated.

Title: Letter : to unknown person, undated.

Autograph letter signed.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82533819 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Maida Vales, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1852 May 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Maida Vales, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1852 May 22.

Fears that in consequence of the upcoming elections, the first performances of a show will not take place until late August. He fears that the recipient's stay in the country will not last that long.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368103686 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Reed, [no year] Mar. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Reed, [no year] Mar. 26.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270859826 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Charles Knight manuscript material : 4 items, 1826-1857

Title: Charles Knight manuscript material : 4 items, 1826-1857

· To John Wilson Croker, politician and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1826 : (MISC 1725) : from Windsor; on his resolve to move from Windsor and establish himself as a bookseller in London; begins, "Upon receiving your instructions on Thursday last on the subject of the Florentine Gallery..." · To "Dear Parker" : 1 autograph letter signed : "Sunday evening" [ca. 1828] : (MISC 3477a) : [no place] : begins, "I return you the first four sheets of the Companion; -- and the fifth you may have by tomorrow." · To J. H. Ryland Esq. at the Mechanics' Institute, Bradford, Yorkshire : 1 autograph envelope : 5 Oct 1847 : (MISC 4023.03a) : Knight's hand and the date identified in ink in an unknown hand. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble Autograph Album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. · To an unknown correspondent : 1 autograph inscription signed : 25 Feb 1857 : (MISC 3477b) : in ink on a sheet of stationery paper; begins, "With the respectful Compts of ..."

ArchivalResource: 4 items

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Murray, John, 1778-1843,. Autograph letters signed from John Murray, London, to John Wilson Croker [manuscript], 1838-1852?

Title: Autograph letters signed from John Murray, London, to John Wilson Croker [manuscript], 1838-1852?

(1-5) letters from John Murray the elder and (6-23) from his son. Letters deal with Shakespearean matters and were written from Albemarle Street. (1) Murray hopes Croker does not feel he is encumbering him with tracts about Shakespeare, and he sends the first volume of Harness' Shakespeare. (2) concerns Dr. C. Severn and the diary of John Ward. (3) concerns a manuscript entitled "New illustrations of the works of Shakspeare." Also, with (3), a short note in French references an autograph of Marat. (4) mentions that "it is supposed that Steevens - that Puck of literature had access to the papers which Collier discovered and that he forged the letter of Lord Southampton." (8) refers to Knight's/Collier's Shakespeare, Jackson's "Restorations" and Caldecott's Hamlet and As you like it. (9) mentions Richardson's Essays on Shakespeare. (11) indicates that "the second folio in Bohn's Catalogue has been disposed of" and says that Act IV, scene 3 of Taming of the Shrew begins "Enter Catharina & Grumio." (12) refers to Bohn's Catalogue and Malone's edition of Shakespeare. (13) expresses interest in obtaining a correct copy of Shakespeare's epitaph from Stratford. (14) refers to Knight and Collier's Shakespeare and Alexander Dyce's upcoming critique of both editors. (16) mentions Dyce's critique of Collier. (17) and (18) refer to the loan of publications of the Shakespeare Society. (19) mentions that he is sending Twiss' index, to be followed by Collier and Halliwell. (20), (22) and (23) all deal with Collier's discovery of annotations in the second folio.

ArchivalResource: 23 items ; 18 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471921243 View

Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879. William Hepworth Dixon papers, 1842-1876.

Title: William Hepworth Dixon papers, 1842-1876.

The collection contains primarily letters to historian, author, and editor W.H. Dixon concerning a wide variety of social and cultural issues of the day. Topics include Dixon's own writings and those of Charles Knight, F. Freiligrath, and others; publications by C.B. Tauchnitz in the British Authors Series; a Schiller manuscript; the Shakespeare jubilee of 1864; Garibaldi; education, music, and cultural events; philanthropic efforts; Swedenborgianism; and other topics. Major correspondents include the German poet F. Freiligrath, C.B. Tauchnitz, Dr. Julius Rodenberg, Sir Frederick Pollock, J.C.B. Davis, E.B. Eastwick, F.W. Evans, the 7th Duke of Manchester, Sir Samuel Ferguson, and William White. Also includes five letters from Dixon to various correspondents, and a photograph of Dixon.

ArchivalResource: 151 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34072995 View

Robert Owen Collection, 1805-1858

Title: Robert Owen Collection 1805-1858

ArchivalResource: 2991 items

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1499-roc View

Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk).

Title: Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive); 1738-1866 (bulk).

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

ArchivalResource: 9 volumes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01781/catalog View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 19th century January 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 19th century January 25.

Regrets he cannot visit Dixon on Monday evening, as he has already agreed to accompany a visiting friend to see Macready.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 19 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779537137 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Letter : Isle of Wight, to unknown person, 1864 Feb. 13.

Title: Letter : Isle of Wight, to unknown person, 1864 Feb. 13.

Autograph letter signed.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80698311 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Letter to Mr Dixon. [London, Eng.]. [18--]

Title: Letter to Mr Dixon. [London, Eng.]. [18--]

Declining an invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311769296 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Collection of letters of Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster : London and other locations, 1828-1872.

Title: Collection of letters of Charles Dickens, Sir James Emerson Tennent and his family, and John Forster : London and other locations, 1828-1872.

A collection of letters including 19 letters from Charles Dickens (most to Sir James Emerson Tennent); 28 letters from John Forster (most to Sir James Emerson Tennent); and 22 letters from Sir James Emerson Tennent (most to John Forster). The collection also includes letters from William Bryden, Mamie Dickens, Charles Knight, Letitia Emerson Tennent, and William Henry Wills. Letters are described in individual records (MA 4979.1-78).

ArchivalResource: 1 box (78 letters), unbound ; size varies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497207177 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Isle of Wight, to Henry Vaughan, Esq. [manuscript], 1864 January 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Isle of Wight, to Henry Vaughan, Esq. [manuscript], 1864 January 30.

Knight thanks Vaughan for sending him a copy of L'Indovino Inglese for 1859 -- an almanac created by English fortune-teller, William Hanemann; published in Italy under the name - Guglielmo Haaneman. He sees it as evidence of the spread of delusions and England's evil reputation abroad. Addressed from Madeira Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471762782 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, London, to William Widlow [?] Reid [manuscript], 1860 February 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, London, to William Widlow [?] Reid [manuscript], 1860 February 6.

In regards to his continuous communication about the reprint of the third edition of Shakespeare, assures him that many pains will be taken to ensure an accurate reprint and no expense will be spared to create a handsome binding. In regards to the editorship, though accuracy and care may be tested, Mr. Edison is willing to remain unknown(?). Closes "with due which I beg to subscribe myself, Sir P. Lionel North, your Obedient servant, Charles Knight."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319855482 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, London, to Thomas [Barth?] [manuscript], 19th century.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, St. John's Wood, London, to Thomas [Barth?] [manuscript], 19th century.

Undated. Regrets that he will not be available for a visit.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318649682 View

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : Broadstairs, to Henry Austin, 1851 Aug. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Broadstairs, to Henry Austin, 1851 Aug. 8.

Mentioning that he spoke to Knight, "who takes kindly to the idea" [concerning graveyards] (see MA 113.56). Noting that Knight will be in town the following week and will call on Austin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495993930 View

Eliot, George, 1819-1880,. Autograph letter signed from M.E. Lewes [i.e. George Eliot], Waisenhaus Gasse, Dresden, to Oscar Browning [manuscript], 1867 August 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed from M.E. Lewes [i.e. George Eliot], Waisenhaus Gasse, Dresden, to Oscar Browning [manuscript], 1867 August 23.

Mentions the difficulty in finding appropriate lodging in Dresden, the weather and the health of Mr. Lewes. She thinks that Lewes will get "run-down" again, which she writes is a broken metaphor, but Shakespeare surely has made broken metaphors "exquisite, " as Mr. [Charles] Knight thinks he has made bad grammar.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311261942 View

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, to J. Alfred Novello, London [manuscript], 1847 January 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, to J. Alfred Novello, London [manuscript], 1847 January 25.

Apologizes for not being home when recipient called. He has only made up about 50 sets of the concordance because this is all he intends to purchase. The regular sale has been much interfered with by the private sale; of this he does not complain, but refuses to enter further with the speculation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311261905 View

Enoch Terry Carson Shakespeariana Collection, 1749-1891

Title: Enoch Terry Carson Shakespeariana Collection 1749-1891

This collection consists of illustrations from editions of Shakespeare's works, along with pamphlets, clippings, excerpts, criticism, almanacs, and various souvenirs on Shakespeare collected by Enoch T. Carson. A large portion of the collection concentrates on editions of Shakespeare edited by Charles Knight.

ArchivalResource:

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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873,. Letter signed from Charles Knight, Ventnor, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1864 March 31.

Title: Letter signed from Charles Knight, Ventnor, to William Hepworth Dixon [manuscript], 1864 March 31.

Matters concerning the celebration of the Shakespeare Tercentenary, and Knight's membership on The National Shakespeare Committee. The National Shakespeare Committee wished to erect a statue of Shakespeare in London to commemorate his birth -- Knight was opposed to this plan. Letter penned by Knight's daughter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319855476 View