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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

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Papers / Robert Burns.

Title: Papers / Robert Burns. [1786-1865]

Author's holograph, fair copy, of poem "To Andrew" (1786); letters to R. Aiken, G.H. Baird, Maria Riddel, and Gilbert Burns. Scrapbook, assembled ca. 1865 by John Dillon, containing memorabilia and obituary notices of Burns, and one letter of Burns to Alexander Findlater.

ArchivalResource: 17 items : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237709226 View

Commonplace book, 1814-1816.

Title: Commonplace book, 1814-1816.

Manuscript collection of poems, mostly unattributed, with some attributed to Maria Banks (Woodley) Riddell (1772-1808) two of which are dated 1789, and some attributed to "W" and to "L." Contents include: lengthy narrative poems on brave knights and adventurers, ghosts, witches, mermaids, nymphs, and other mythic and heroic themes; shorter verse fables and allegories about animals; some poems on Mrs. H. Tighe; hymns on nature; verse paraphrases of Psalms and of classical authors including Petronius and Ossian; other neo-classical, occasional, and elegaic verse. With verse preface, titled "Oh you who would deign my book peruse" and dated 8th Jany 1814; indexed by page number.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (372 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176656 View

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Collection, 1779-[ca. 1885] (bulk 1785-1796).

Title: Collection, 1779-[ca. 1885] (bulk 1785-1796).

This collection contains the manuscripts of more than 50 poems, including such important ones as "For a' that and a' that", "Bannockburn", "Tam O'Shanter", and "The Rights of Woman"; as well as letters to such close friends as Frances Dunlop, Agnes M'Lehose (Clarinda), and Maria Riddell. Additionally, the collection contains letters by Burns's family and friends, including Gilbert Burns, William Riddell, and Helen Maria Williams.

ArchivalResource: 117 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626299 View

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