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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. ALS : Edmonton, to Louisa Holcroft Badams, 1833 Aug. 20.

Title: ALS : Edmonton, to Louisa Holcroft Badams, 1833 Aug. 20.

Gives an account of his adopted daughter Emma Isola's wedding to Edward Moxon, and asks when he and Mary may visit. Signed, "Charles & Mary Lamb."

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

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. His holograph manuscript of three poems : written by him for his adopted daughter Emma Isola : manuscript, undated.

Title: His holograph manuscript of three poems : written by him for his adopted daughter Emma Isola : manuscript, undated.

Poems include two by Lamb, "The self enchanted" and "To Louisa Martin, whom I used to call 'Monkey'"; and one by Christopher Marlowe, "The milk-maid's song" transcribed by Lamb. Poems said to have been written by Lamb for Emma Isola Moxon. The paper differs from that used in the Emma Isola album, so there is no direct proof of the claim.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (1 leaf) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612869836 View

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855. Letters, 1802-1844.

Title: Letters, 1802-1844.

Responding to invitations; discussing his writing and travels; mentioning Charles Burney's death; referring someone to Edward Moxon.

ArchivalResource: 30 items, (53 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233117204 View

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. AL : Enfield, to Thomas Hood, [1827 Sept. 18].

Title: AL : Enfield, to Thomas Hood, [1827 Sept. 18].

A humorous letter concerning his move from Colebrook to Enfield. A postscript concerns his ward Emma Isola's first attempts at verse-writing. Signed: "C(urbanus) L(sylvanus (Elia ambo.)".

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) in case ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86139021 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

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847. Letters, 1806-1842, England.

Title: Letters, 1806-1842, England.

1806 Mar. 13, to Mrs. Catherine Clarkson, Purfleet, England (1 folded sheet, [4] p.). States circumstances connected with the death of John Wordsworth; mentions her brother's writing and Thomas Manning's journey to China; inquires about Mr. [Thomas] Clarkson's "Quaker book" [A portraiture of Quakerism]; mentions Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Reprinted in The letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb, ed. E.W. Marrs, v.3 (1978), p. 215-218; also (less perfectly transcribed) in The letters of Charles Lamb, ed. E.V. Lucas (1935), v.1, p. 430-432. Folder includes negative photostat and Philip D. Sherman's typed transcript of this letter. 1842, Sept. 25 and Oct. 3, to Emma Isola Moxon (each [1] p., on the two leaves of a folded sheet). (25 Sept.) She is suffering from a cold, and proposes to stay at home by her fire; Betsey Parsons [daughter of her landlady] has heard about the wax doll belonging to "little Emma", and will bring a penny doll to her to be the "grand dolls Baby" when Mary can bring her to Dover Street in an omnibus. (3 Oct.) She encloses a letter received from Jane Norris, to which she has responded; her cold is "quite well", and she wishes to hear about health of Emma and her family. The second (3 Oct.) letter only is reprinted in The letters of Charles Lamb, ed. E.V. Lucas (1935), v.3, p. 424 (preceded by the response to Jane Norris, dated "Octr 3 1842", to which she referred). This is, according to Lucas, the last extant letter written by Mary Lamb.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122492788 View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891,. Autograph album, 1817-1873 and undated.

Title: Autograph album, 1817-1873 and undated.

Autograph manuscript poems and sonnets, frequently addressed to or dedicated to Emma Isola Moxon, written by Charles Lamb, John Keats, Robert Southey, Samuel Rogers, Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Frederick Locker-Lampson, as well as letters from Samuel Rogers to Edward Moxon, mounted onto the pages of a green morocco album. Also includes several clippings and one engraved portrait of Charles and Mary Lamb.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79463880 View

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847. To Emma, learning Latin, and desponding : manuscript poem in the autograph of her brother Charles Lamb, 1827 Aug. 22.

Title: To Emma, learning Latin, and desponding : manuscript poem in the autograph of her brother Charles Lamb, 1827 Aug. 22.

A fair copy of the poem in the hand of Charles Lamb, and with a note by him clarifying a reference to "Sarah" in the poem. Dated Enfield, 22 Aug. 1827 and signed "C.L."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21.2 cm.

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Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." May 15, 1835.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." May 15, 1835.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816294 View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." September 23, 1837.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." September 23, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816297 View

Fryer, Maria, of Chatteris. Maria Fryer manuscript material : 1 item, 1833

Title: Maria Fryer manuscript material : 1 item, 1833

· To Charles Lamb, essayist : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Aug 1833 : (S'ANA 0985) : concerning the wedding of his beloved adopted daughter, Emma Isola.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226300950 View

Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858. Letters, 1830-1836 : London, etc., to Emma Isola Moxon.

Title: Letters, 1830-1836 : London, etc., to Emma Isola Moxon.

Discusses her health, Brighton, travelling arrangements, and matters connected with their marriage (July 30, 1833). Sends his love to her and their children. Sends news of relatives and friends, especially Knowles, Forster, Mary Lamb, and Emma's foster father Charles Lamb, whose "scholar and protege" Moxon is. Includes song "Meet me my love in those dark green lanes."

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122593702 View

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Letters, 1815-1833, England.

Title: Letters, 1815-1833, England.

[1] 1815, June 20, London, to Basil Montagu [3 p.]. Signature clipped out.--Gives particulars in the "case of poor [Edward] White," a clerk subject to "severe fits ... I have known him from a child, and was his schoolfellow at Christ Hospital." [2] 1819, to William Evans [1 l.]. Last leaf of letter only.--He mentions the sale of "prints to illustrate English Bards ? or the tempter; a romance; with other tales. [5] 1824, May, London, to Bryan Waller Procter, London [1l.].--Acknowledges the gift of his book [The portraits of British poets]. "I am going to a tavern dinner. Pray for me." [6] 1824, September 2, to William Wordsworth, Grasmere, England [1 l.].--Introducing the bearer Barron Field. [7] 1826, March 11, Islington, England, to Charles Ollier, London [1 l.]. Photograph of letter and envelope filed with this letter.--"Pray insert in my account of Grimaldi's religion the word spiritualised in Italics." [8] 1826, May 1, to Charles Ollier, London [1 l.]. Photograph of letter filed with letter.--"Pray let me have one Magaz[ine]--two, if the Chinese jests are in; and send word if you think the Editor will bear any more of them." [9] 1826, September 20, Dulwich, England, to Miss Mary Ann Lamb, Islington, England [1 l.].--"If you shall have the whole book ready soon, it will be best for Murr[a]y to see." [10] 1827, to Henry Crabbe Robinson [1 l.]. With explanatory annotation by Robinson.--"Very kindly received by Mr. Gurney, who said 'I am willing to receive these securities from Mrs. Norris.'" [11] 1828, July 18, Enfield, England, to George Dyer, London [1 l.]. Ms. transcript by P.D. Sherman filed with letter.--Thanks him for verses for Emma. Hopes he and Mrs. Dyer will visit him. [12] 1828, October 27, Enfield, to Charles Mathews [1 l.].--Sends "a little farce" for possible use at the Adelphi. Requests returning it if it is unsuitable. [13] 1829, September 23, to Charles Cowden Clarke [1 l.].--"Mary is very ill indeed ... I am almost out of hope." He sends book and requests acknowledgment. [14] n.d., Enfield, England, to Charles Cowden Clarke [1l.]. Mounted positive photostat.--He [Lamb] will do well in Enfield where the sunshine is medicinal. [15] 1833, February, to Robert Southey [1 l.].--"I have been doing some verses for Wordsw[or]th's ? and apprize Martin thereof."

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

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Autograph File, M

Title: Autograph File, M

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 linear feet (21 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01436/catalog View

Autograph album, 1817-1873 and undated.

Title: Autograph album, 1817-1873 and undated.

Poems addressed to and compiled into an album by Emma Isola Moxon.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01824/catalog View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." October 31, 1837.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." October 31, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816298 View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane" April 3, 1838.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane" April 3, 1838.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816299 View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Friend." July 5, 1837.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Friend." July 5, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816296 View

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847. Letters : Enfield, to Sir John and Lady Stoddart, [1827 Aug. 9].

Title: Letters : Enfield, to Sir John and Lady Stoddart, [1827 Aug. 9].

ALS from Mary Lamb to Lady Stoddart (who wrote for magazines as "Mrs. Blackford"), followed on the same sheet by an ALS from Charles Lamb to Sir John. Both Lambs write about their adopted daughter Emma Isola, whom they are educating to be a governess, and about the Stoddarts' children and mutual friends. Mary inquires about the progress of Lady Stoddart's next work.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86102611 View

Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." February 24, 1837.

Title: Autograph letter signed Emma Moxon to: "My dear Jane." February 24, 1837.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70816295 View