Hessey, J. A. (James Augustus), 1785-1870

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James Augustus Hessey, English bookseller and printer. In partnership with John Taylor at 93 Fleet Street, Hessey published early work by Keats and owned the London Magazine (1821-5).

From the description of J. A. Hessey manuscript material : 1 item, 1818 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 326879010

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creatorOf Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Samuel Taylor Coleridge collection of papers, 1791-1894 bulk (1798-1838). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Taylor, John, 1781-1864. Autograph letter unsigned (a retained draft) : London, to J.A. Hessey, 1820 Aug. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brown, Charles Armitage, 1786-1842. Autograph letter signed : Chichester, to John Taylor, 1820 Sept. [i.e. October] 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830. Autograph letter signed with initials : Edinburgh, to Messrs. Taylor and Hessey, 1822 Apr. 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Letters to a young man whose education has been neglected, Letter V, 1823 Dec. 3. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Brown, Charles Armitage, 1786-1842. Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to John Taylor, [1821] Mar. 18. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Letter : to [J.A. Hessey], 1825 May 17. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Autograph letter signed : Fox Ghyle, to [J.A. Hessey], 1824 Apr. 19. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Letter : to J.A. Hessey, [18--] Sept. 8. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Keats, John, 1795-1821. Sonnet, A dream, after reading Dante's Paolo and Francesca : manuscript in autograph of Hessey, 1819 Apr. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
creatorOf Brown, Charles Armitage, 1786-1842. Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to J.A. Hessey, 1821 July 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Clare, John, 1793-1864. Autograph letter signed : [Helpstone?], to James A. Hessey of the publishers Taylor and Hessey, [postmark 1824 May 19]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852. Letters of John Hamilton Reynolds, 1816-1821. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Clare, John, 1793-1864. Autograph letter signed John Clare to: "My Dear Hessey" Wellesley College
referencedIn Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844. Letter : Chiswick, to James Gillman, Highgate, 1821 July 7. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Clare, John, 1793-1864. Autograph letter signed John Clare to: "My Dear Hessey" December 12], 1822. Wellesley College
creatorOf Hessey, J. A. (James Augustus), 1785-1870. J. A. Hessey manuscript material : 1 item, 1818 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Letter : to [Taylor & Hessey], [1820 or 1821]. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 11 items, 1811-1853. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley manuscript material : 414 items, 1815-1850 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
creatorOf Clare, John, 1793-1864. Autograph letter signed John Clare to: "My Dear Hessey" April 8, 1822. Wellesley College
referencedIn Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974. Letters, : Oxford and London, to Seymour Adelman, Chester, Pa., 1936-1952. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Hessey, J. A. (James Augustus), 1785-1870. Autograph letter signed : to John Taylor, 1818 Mar. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Clare, John, 1793-1864. Letters : Helpstone, to James Hessey, London, 1820 and 1823 July 17. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Charles Lamb manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1800-1829 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Letters to a young man whose education has been neglected, Letter V, 1823 Dec. 3. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge collection of papers, 1791-1894, 1798-1838 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Thomas De Quincey manuscript material : 15 items, 1811-1853 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
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associatedWith Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974. person
associatedWith Brown, Charles Armitage, 1786-1842. person
associatedWith Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844. person
associatedWith Clare, John, 1793-1864. person
associatedWith Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. person
associatedWith De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. person
associatedWith Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830. person
associatedWith Holman, Louis A. (Louis Arthur), 1866-1939 person
associatedWith Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. person
associatedWith Keats, John, 1795-1821. person
associatedWith Kent, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. person
associatedWith Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852. person
associatedWith Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 person
associatedWith Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. person
associatedWith Taylor and Hessey. corporateBody
associatedWith Taylor, John, person
associatedWith Taylor, John, 1781-1864. person
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Birth 1785-08-28

Death 1870-04-07

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