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Collection of autograph letters, ca. 1829-1915.

Title: Collection of autograph letters, ca. 1829-1915.

Autograph letters collected by Daniel Butler Fearing.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01859/catalog View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Analytical essays on the old English dramatists, No. VIII [manuscript] : the witch of Edmonton. Ford, Dekker, and Rowley, ca. 1820.

Title: Analytical essays on the old English dramatists, No. VIII [manuscript] : the witch of Edmonton. Ford, Dekker, and Rowley, ca. 1820.

Autograph manuscript of an article that was printed in Blackwood's magazine, volume VI, 1820.

ArchivalResource: 8 leaves ; 32 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428977773 View

Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963.

Title: Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963.

Collection of images concerning the life of the English poet, John Keats, as well as papers relating to the collection. Collection assembled by American Louis Arthur Holman. Holman was a Keats expert, an artist, writer on art, and a staff member at Goodspeed's Book Shop who established a print department, but later became the owner of Holman's Print Shop.

ArchivalResource: 39 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02040/catalog View

Blair, Alexander, 19th cent.,. Autograph letters initialled from Alexander Blair to John Wilson [manuscript], 1819-1833.

Title: Autograph letters initialled from Alexander Blair to John Wilson [manuscript], 1819-1833.

He discusses Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Homer, Christopher Marlowe, Goethe, Philip Massinger and William Shakespeare. Included in (2) is a verse "To Goethe," beginning "Thyself who us from the false constraint of rules..." Listed in the Folger card index of first lines.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/368131907 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W. Howith , [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W. Howith , [n.d.].

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270857115 View

Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950. Collection of letters from a variety of prominent 19th century Americans [manuscript], 1821-1875.

Title: Collection of letters from a variety of prominent 19th century Americans [manuscript], 1821-1875.

William Wirt writes to George McIntosh about his health, retirement plans and resignation as attorney general following Jackson's election. Bret Harte explains why Chicago would not be a good place to publish a magazine about the West. Josh Billings sends some copy for an advertisement. Alexander Hamilton Stephens plans a speaking engagement. Insurance policies, 1821 and 1829, for John Wilson were issued by the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647846400 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854,. Autograph letters signed from John Wilson to Alexander Blair [manuscript], 1818-1833.

Title: Autograph letters signed from John Wilson to Alexander Blair [manuscript], 1818-1833.

Letters refer to Wilson's articles on Shakespeare for Blackwood's magazine in which he proposes publishing a series of letters on Shakespeare's plays and asks Blair to write to him on Othello or Lear.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435428691 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854,. Autograph letter signed from John Wilson to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1849 October 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Wilson to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1849 October 11.

Letter addressed to "My dear Shirra." Criticising Othello regarding the time of duration of action.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428977774 View

L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802-1838. Letters, 1825-1838.

Title: Letters, 1825-1838.

Concerning her poetry, social activities and her health.

ArchivalResource: 65 items (107 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122407299 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph letter signed John Wilson to: Robert Southey Esq.

Title: Autograph letter signed John Wilson to: Robert Southey Esq.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70817759 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph letter signed : Salford, Lancs., to an unidentified recipient, 1844 Feb. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Salford, Lancs., to an unidentified recipient, 1844 Feb. 10.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270857111 View

Lectures and Papers of John Wilson, 'Christopher North' (1785-1854), 1804-1844

Title: Lectures and Papers of John Wilson, 'Christopher North' (1785-1854) 1804-1844

ArchivalResource: 15 Letters; 1 album letters; 1 fragment; 1 signature.

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-535 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph note signed with initials : [n.p.], to his wife, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph note signed with initials : [n.p.], to his wife, [n.d.].

Saying he is going to attempt to get into the Court to hear the case of Hope vs. Dr. Hamilton.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588898 View

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. William Wordsworth collection, 1656-1987 (bulk 1798-1850).

Title: William Wordsworth collection, 1656-1987 (bulk 1798-1850).

Letters, manuscripts, broadsides, pictures, documents, and objects by, to, belonging to, or about Wordsworth and his family. Includes first drafts of poems Wordsworth later published in Yarrow Revisited (1835); 51 of the sonnets published in Ecclesiastical Sketches, in an early fair copy before final revision for publication; manuscripts of 10 additional sonnets sent to Wordsworth's first American editor, Prof. Henry Reed; and a transcript made before publication of the poem "Composed Upon an Evening of Extraordinary Splendour and Beauty." Also included are manuscripts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Hutchinson, Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Wordsworth, Thomas De Quincey, Robert Southey, Lord Byron, and John Keats. Byron manuscript is a draft of an unfinished short story; Keats manuscript is a fragment of his poem "Isabella." Coleridge manuscripts include a first version of "Dejection: An Ode," a draft of a variant of "The Eolian Harp," and other poems; fragments of essays; and notes on Schiller's plays The Piccolomini and The Death of Wallenstein. Autograph manuscript of Mary Monkhouse sonnet "Unquiet Childhood here by special grace", likely in the hand of Dora Wordsworth. Correspondence includes letters between the Wordsworth family and Henry Reed; letters from the Wordsworths to George Huntly Gordon, former secretary to Sir Walter Scott; correspondence with fellow writers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and Thomas De Quincey; and extensive correspondence among members of the Hutchinson, Monkhouse, and Wordsworth families. Also included are a few letters each from Thomas Carlyle, Walter Savage Landor, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Thomas Babington Macaulay. In addition, there are letters concerning the building of the Wordsworth Collection, from Cynthia Morgan St. John and Lane Cooper. Other correspondents include Elizabeth Smith Aders, John T. Barker, James Dykes Campbell, Catherine Clarkson, Derwent Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, Joseph Cottle, William Rowan Hamilton, John Louis Haney, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Herbert Hill, Hannah Hoare, Leonard Huxley, William Jackson, William Angus Knight, Charles Lamb, Charles and Sophia Lloyd, Thomas Manning, Basil Montagu, Edward Moxon, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Edward Quillinan, Henry Crabb Robinson, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Jonathan Walton, John Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 35.8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63938905 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph letter signed : Queens St., to Mr. Millar, 1816 Oct. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Queens St., to Mr. Millar, 1816 Oct. 23.

Returning Stoddard's "Tour."

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588246 View

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank / by W. M. Thackeray ; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates and others. Illustrated by one thousand seven hundred original caricatures, etchings, woodcuts, &c. selected from his works and in addition several sheets of original drawings besides autographs of Cruikshank, Thackeray, &c.

Title: An essay on the genius of George Cruikshank / by W. M. Thackeray ; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates and others. Illustrated by one thousand seven hundred original caricatures, etchings, woodcuts, &c. selected from his works and in addition several sheets of original drawings besides autographs of Cruikshank, Thackeray, &c. 1808-1877

ArchivalResource: 7 v. ([200], [194], [201], [218], [195], [212], [227] leaves) : ill. (some col.), ports., music; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/405631161 View

Sotheby, William, 1757-1833. Letters to William Sotheby, 1813-1833.

Title: Letters to William Sotheby, 1813-1833.

The collection consists primarily of letters addressed to William Sotheby, mostly from literary friends. Subject matter includes William Sotheby and his writings, contemporary writers and his friends, and European travel. The collection also contains five poems by Sotheby.

ArchivalResource: 174 pieces.3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122445843 View

De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 11 items, 1811-1853.

Title: Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 11 items, 1811-1853.

· Holograph essay, "Continuation of the Note XYZ" : [w/m = 1821] : (S'ANA 0011) : 3 p. ; begins, "I take this opportunity of mentioning a favorite scheme of mine ..." · To a Miss Agnes : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Mar 1853 : (MISC 0661) : begins, "Florence is writing to you ..." · To James Brown, Penrith bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Feb 1811 : (MISC 2001) : regarding Coleridge and The Friend. Brown published The Friend in Penrith. · To Florence Bairdsmith, De Quincey's youngest daughter : 1 autograpgh letter signed : 23 Feb 1847 : (MISC 1782) : begins, "You say - 'How goes Bunny?'" · To J.A. Hessey, headmaster and clergyman : 2 autograph letters signed : -- [no date] : (MISC 1303) : begins, "I was so ill last night from want of Dr. Darling's Medicines ..."--19 Jan [1823?] : (MISC 1884) : begins, "I feel quite unable to come out at present ..." · To John James Morgan, friend of Coleridge : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Jan 1813 : (MISC 1913) : asking after a copy of the syllabus for Coleridge's lectures at the Surrey Institution. · To a J.J. Smith : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Feb 1836 : (MISC 0103) : regarding the raising of a loan. · To Thomas Noon Talfourd, writer, judge, and politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Mar 1840 : (MISC 0104) : regarding Coleridge ; concerning his personality, writings, and plagiarism charges. A small bust photograph of De Quincey has been affixed to the letter. · To John Wilson [pseud. Christopher North], author and journalist : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jun 1826 : (MISC 0200) : regarding his money troubles and low amount of literary output. · To unknown recipients : 2 autograph signatures : (MISC 3467) : one with his Oxford address in Latin, on blue paper pamphlet cover ; one apparently cut from a letter, mounted on to a small slip of paper.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173667651 View

Wilson, John, 1785-1854. Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to an unidentified correspondent, 1842 Oct. 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to an unidentified correspondent, 1842 Oct. 15.

Stating his name and occupation.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270587437 View

Correspondence of John Wilson, 1809-1852

Title: Correspondence of John Wilson 1809-1852

ArchivalResource: 189 manuscript letters

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-brothertoncollectionms19cwilson View

Thomas Campbell manuscript material : 66 items, 1803-1844

Title: Thomas Campbell manuscript material : 66 items 1803-1844

Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet. He achieved fame with the publication of his Pleasures of Hope (1799), a long poem denouncing slavery and oppression, and served as editor of the New Monthly Magazine from 1820 to 1830. Campbell wrote biographies of the actress Sarah Siddons (1834) and Petrarch (1841), and did much work to promote British support for Polish independence. The manuscript material by Thomas Campbell in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: an incomplete draft of his Life of Petrarch; a holograph poem, "Verses on a Fan," written for Lord Byron's mistress, Teresa Guiccioli; and laundry and expense lists. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1840-1841, and discusses publishing matters, family issues, and his efforts toward the liberation of Poland. Correspondents include: Richard Bentley, publisher; the Rev. William Harness, literary scholar; John Murray, publisher; and over two dozen others.

ArchivalResource: 66 items

http://archives.nypl.org/cps/19509 View

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. ALS : Enfield, to John Wilson, [1833?].

Title: ALS : Enfield, to John Wilson, [1833?].

Requests a contribution to Emma Isola's album. Signed "Elia".

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in case ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122581002 View

Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 15 items, 1811-1853

Title: Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 15 items 1811-1853

Holograph essay, "Continuation of the Note XYZ" : [w/m = 1821] : (S'ANA 0011) : 3 p. ; begins, "I take this opportunity of mentioning a favorite scheme of mine ...".

ArchivalResource: 15 items

http://archives.nypl.org/cps/19591 View

Buchan, Peter, 1790-1854. Letter: 1840 Feb. 5, 14 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, to David Laing, W. S. Library [Signet Library] Edinburgh / P. Buchan.

Title: Letter: 1840 Feb. 5, 14 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, to David Laing, W. S. Library [Signet Library] Edinburgh / P. Buchan. 1840.

Asks Laing's opinion on his latest publication entitled Who is a gentleman?

ArchivalResource: [2]p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607641442 View

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890. Letter, 1887, June 16, Girvan, Scotland, to [Sir Sidney] Colvin.

Title: Letter, 1887, June 16, Girvan, Scotland, to [Sir Sidney] Colvin.

Discusses Colvin's life of Keats. Refers to Leigh Hunt, John Lockhart and John Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122450058 View

John Wilson papers, 1810-1844

Title: John Wilson papers 1810-1844

The papers consist of correspondence concerning the publication and subscription sales of Wilson's works, especially his long poem "The Isle of Palms" (1812). In addition to letters between Wilson and the Glasgow booksellers John Smith and Son, there are also letters from subscribers, other booksellers, and customers to John Smith concerning the availability and distribution of the poem, including James and John Ballantyne and Longmans Ltd. The collection also contains a poem by Wilson, "Lines Raised to the memory of the Rev. James Grahame," and a subscription list for "The Isle of Palms."

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.41'

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.wilsonj View

An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, 1808-1877

Title: An Essay on the Genius of GeorgeCruikshank, 1808-1877

"An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshankby W.M. Thackeray; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson,Bates and others" is in seven volumes dating from 1808 to 1877. Thecollection was purchased by William Andrews Clark from George M. Millardin 1917. The books are bound in green morocco by Rivière. Thecompiler is unidentified; John B. Gough (1817-1886), an eminentcollector of Cruikshankiana, is possibly the creator.

ArchivalResource: 7 volumes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6p30390z View

Gilbert, Harry M. (Harry Mathena), 1879-1964. The evening cloud / [words by] Christopher North (John Wilson) ; [music by] Harry M. Gilbert.

Title: The evening cloud / [words by] Christopher North (John Wilson) ; [music by] Harry M. Gilbert. [19--?]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score ([4] p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24408029 View