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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1841 Apr. 25, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1841 Apr. 25, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1841.

Discusses a number of bibliographic matters and his acceptance into the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1839 Oct. 5, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1839 Oct. 5, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1839.

Thanks Laing for sending him a copy of Dunbar's poems.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1841 Mar. 9, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1841 Mar. 9, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Explains his efforts to have Mr. Craig made a member of the Camden Society .

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1839 Mar. 23, Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1839 Mar. 23, Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1839.

Introduces his friend Mr Teulet and mentions Camden books.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Kingsley, 1858 May 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Kingsley, 1858 May 18.

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

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Autograph letter signed (draft) from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, to Thomas Wright [manuscript], 1875 April 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed (draft) from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, to Thomas Wright [manuscript], 1875 April 5.

Personal letter discussing Wright's financial situation.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter to George Virtue. Broughton, Eng. 1853 Sept. 7.

Title: Letter to George Virtue. Broughton, Eng. 1853 Sept. 7.

Asking that copies of Wright's book "Celt" be sent to John Uoake and James Thompson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887. Letter: 1837 Nov. 23, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel.

Title: Letter: 1837 Nov. 23, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel. 1837.

Concerns the letters of Queen Mary and query regarding the Roman des aventures de Frégus and, sending book of Spenser via Thomas Wright.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1842 Nov. 1, 18 Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1842 Nov. 1, 18 Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1842.

Asks Laing to forward an item to Robert Chambers.

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Teulet, Alexandre, 1807-1866. Letter: 1851 Sept. 12, [Paris], to David Laing / A. Teulet.

Title: Letter: 1851 Sept. 12, [Paris], to David Laing / A. Teulet. 1851.

Acknowledging receipt of funds towards the publication of a work on Scottish history for the Bannatyne Club. Wright to do some translations for him.

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Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887. Letter: 1837 Dec. 6, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel.

Title: Letter: 1837 Dec. 6, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel. 1837.

Sending a book of Spenser's works via Thomas Wright.

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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.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877,. Receipt from Thomas Wright [manuscript], 1841 August 4.

Title: Receipt from Thomas Wright [manuscript], 1841 August 4.

Received one copy of Angry Women of Abingdon for himself and one copy of Strange histories, Political ballads and Angry women for Mr. Purton Cooper. Signed by Thomas Wright.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 70 x 130 cm.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter to J. Russell Smith. Kent, Eng. 1847 Oct. 21.

Title: Letter to J. Russell Smith. Kent, Eng. 1847 Oct. 21.

Giving directions for the binding of certain books.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Title: Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Library of Amos Bronson Alcott, the American philosopher of the NewEngland Transcendentalist group.

ArchivalResource: 599 v.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Telegram from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Ryde, to Mrs. Sawyer [manuscript], 1875 January 7.

Title: Telegram from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Ryde, to Mrs. Sawyer [manuscript], 1875 January 7.

Asks for information on the state of [Thomas Wright's] health.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1841 Feb. 27, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1841 Feb. 27, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1841.

Thanks Laing and the Bannatyne Club for the gift of a book and discusses book collecting.

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Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887. Letter: 1872 Feb. 10, rue Saint André des Arcs 60, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel.

Title: Letter: 1872 Feb. 10, rue Saint André des Arcs 60, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel. 1872.

Sending a copy of a Greek romance which mentions a King of Scotland. Wright just privately published Feudal manuals of Early English history and Michel offers to obtain a copy for Laing.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1842 July 24, 39B Somerset Street, Manchester Square, [London], to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1842 July 24, 39B Somerset Street, Manchester Square, [London], to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1842.

Discusses bibliographic matters and asks for information on local societies.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1839 Oct. 3, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1839 Oct. 3, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London, to David Laing / Thomas Wright. 1839.

Introduces his friend Mr. Daly.

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Pennington, Montagu, 1762-1849,. Autograph letter signed from Montagu Pennington, Northbourne, to Clio Rickman, Middlesex [manuscript], 1809 September 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Montagu Pennington, Northbourne, to Clio Rickman, Middlesex [manuscript], 1809 September 22.

Mentions sending Rickman some of the handwritings of Miss Carter; also refers to Catherine Talbot, Thomas Wright, Thomas Secker, Samuel Richardson and Dr. Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 37 x 19 cm.

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Bennoch, Francis, 1812-1890. Correspondence, 1838-1886.

Title: Correspondence, 1838-1886.

Concerning Bennoch's own writing and that of others, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Mitford, and Bret Harte; mentioning some of the social causes with which Bennoch was involved, such as refugee relief, certain public works, and education; discussing the Crimean War and its veterans; regarding his membership in the antiquarian group called the Noviomagus Society.

ArchivalResource: 319 items (789 p.)

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877,. Autograph letters signed from Thomas Wright to John Gough Nichols [manuscript], 1836-1837.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Thomas Wright to John Gough Nichols [manuscript], 1836-1837.

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Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887. Letter: 1838 July 9, Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère de l'Instruction publique, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel.

Title: Letter: 1838 July 9, Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère de l'Instruction publique, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel. 1838.

Current research into matters relative to Scotland and his correspondence with Wright, Pitcairn, Mackenzie and Turnbull.

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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. The papers of Ephraim George Squier, 1841-1848.

Title: The papers of Ephraim George Squier, 1841-1848.

Correspondence, business records, manuscripts, a bibliography of Squier's writings (1876), and other papers relating to his diplomatic career, particularly in Honduras, and his interest in archeology and ethnology. Includes material concerning the Honduras Legation at Washington, D.C. (chiefly 1860-63); Squier's service as Honduran consul general (1863-73); the Honduras Interoceanic Railway, Ltd. (1853-70); his diplomatic posts as chargé d'affaires to Central America (1849-58) and U.S. Commissioner to Peru (1863-65); the American Ethnological Society; the New York Anthropological Society; and his numerous writings in the anthropological and ethnological field; together with manuscripts and drafts of articles, chapters from a book on Nicaragua, and his book, "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" (1848). Correspondents include León Alvarado, Henry Bowen Anthony, John Russell Bartlett, Samuel Birch, Joseph Barnard Davis, George Robins Gliddon, Joseph Henry, José de Marcoleta, Brantz Mayer, Charles Eliot Norton, Josiah Clarke Nott, Henry Shelton Sanford, Buckingham Smith, John Cresson Trautwine, William Wadden Turner, and Thomas Wright.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2500 items (4.8 linear ft.)

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E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888

Title: E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888

Archaeologist, diplomat, author, editor, and businessman. Correspondence, business records, diplomatic records, articles, lectures, and other writings, reference and bibliographic notes, drawings, maps, scrapbooks of clippings, and other papers relating to Squier's diplomatic career as U.S. chargé d'affairs in Central America (1849-1858), U.S. commissioner to Peru (1863-1865), and Honduran consul general in New York, N.Y. (1863-1873), and Squier's studies and writings in archaeology and ethnology.

ArchivalResource: 2,500 items ; 11 containers plus 1 oversize ; 4.8 linear feet ; 14 microfilm reels

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Teulet, Alexandre, 1807-1866. Letter: 1858 Dec. 3, Paris, to David Laing / A. Teulet.

Title: Letter: 1858 Dec. 3, Paris, to David Laing / A. Teulet. 1858.

Concerns publishing a work for the Bannatyne Club, Wright to do some translation work for him.

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E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888

Title: E.G. Squier papers, 1809-1888

Archaeologist, diplomat, author, editor, and businessman. Correspondence, business records, diplomatic records, articles, lectures, and other writings, reference and bibliographic notes, drawings, maps, scrapbooks of clippings, and other papers relating to Squier's diplomatic career as U.S. chargé d'affairs in Central America (1849-1858), U.S. commissioner to Peru (1863-1865), and Honduran consul general in New York, N.Y. (1863-1873), and Squier's studies and writings in archaeology and ethnology.

ArchivalResource: 2,500 items ; 11 containers plus 1 oversize ; 4.8 linear feet ; 14 microfilm reels

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1838 Mar. 25, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1838 Mar. 25, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London / Thomas Wright. 1838.

Informs Laing of books that he has and will send to him.

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Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877. Letter: 1838 May 21, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London / Thomas Wright.

Title: Letter: 1838 May 21, 8 Great Castle Street, Regent Street, London / Thomas Wright. 1838.

Expresses his concern over a missing book.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Letters from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps to T.F. Dillon Croker [manuscript], 1850-1888.

Title: Letters from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps to T.F. Dillon Croker [manuscript], 1850-1888.

Autograph letters signed, 21 postcards, 2 telegrams and 1 envelope from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Brixton Hill, London and Brighton, to T.F. [Thomas Francis] Dillon Croker. The letters refer to their mutual literary interests. Many discuss Thomas Wright's situation and Halliwell-Phillipps' help. (7) mentions a newspaper criticism of Charles Kean's acting of Hamlet. (10) discusses Shakespeare as an actor. (145, 155) mention Furnivall and a criticism of Mr. Browning and the New Shakspere Society that appeared in the Saturday review concerning the "Pigsbrook" controversy. (16, 148) contain drafts of letters from Croker, (165) the drafts of a poem by Croker.

ArchivalResource: 178 items.

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Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887. Letter: 1837 Dec. 21, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel.

Title: Letter: 1837 Dec. 21, Paris, to David Laing / Francisque Michel. 1837.

Concerns a forthcoming Abbotsford Club publication, the proofs of which are with Wright, and concerning his article on the letters of Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth,.

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