Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items 1820-1849

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Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items 1820-1849

Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born British writer. Best remembered for her Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, she was active in British literary circles of the first half of the 19th century. The Lady Blessington manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection is comprised of writings and correspondence. The writings consist mainly of poems, including odes to the British writers L.E.L. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. Also held are notebooks of Lady Blessington's "aphorisms," essays, and story pieces, as well as a biographical account of Captain Charles Hesse, "amatory correspondent" of Princess Charlotte. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1835 to 1840 and discusses her work on the literary magazines and publishing, and friend and family matters. Correspondents include: William Beattie, physician and poet; William Jerdan, journalist; Richard Robert Madden, her biographer; Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comedian Charles Mathews; and over two dozen others.

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Philippart, John, Sir

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Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869

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Anne Jackson Mathews, English actress. She was the second wife of the English comedian Charles Mathews. From the description of Anne Jackson Mathews manuscript material : 9 items, 1844-1854 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 745123701 Epithet: widow of Charles James Mathews British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000011 ...

Rio, Monsieur

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Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born British writer. Best remembered for her Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, she was active in British literary circles of the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items, 1820-1849, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish writer and wife of the Earl of Blessington. From the description of L...

Torr, J. B

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Abdy, Maria Smith, d. 1867

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Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Molesey, to John Murray, [probably 1834]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Molesey, Sussex, to Lord Palmerston, 1852 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531191 John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Irish politician, literary critic, and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn, London, becoming an Iri...

Pettigrew, Elizabeth Reed, 1786-1854.

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Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886

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Wood, Mr

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Blewitt, Anne Roper Howard, b. 1811.

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Westmacott, Richard, 1799-1872

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to D. Colnaghi, [no year] Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587752 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587758 ...

Federman, Mr

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Fairlie, Mrs. (Louisa)

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Hesse, Charles, Captain

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Heraud, John A. (John Abraham), 1799-1887

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Epithet: Dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x00005e Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000276 Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x00005f ...

Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London], to Mr. Moyse, 1833 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131424 Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell Bury, writer and lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline, was the author of some sixteen books, most published anonymously. She was married twice: in 1796, to Col. John Campbell (d. 1809), and in 1818 to the Rev. John Edward Bury (1790?-1832). From the description of Notebooks, 1816-182...

Beattie, William, 1793-1875

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William Beattie, Scottish physician and poet. Beattie counted many famous and influential people among his closest friends, including: Thomas Campbell, for whom he wrote a biography; Samuel Rogers, for whom he was executor; Lady Blessington, to whose Book of Beauty annual he often contributed; and Lady Byron, who reportedly "had imparted to him the true reason of her separation from her husband, and that it was not the one given by Mrs. Stowe.". From the guide to the William Beattie ...

Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848

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Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), British naval captain and author of novels, essays and articles. From the description of Frederick Marryat papers, 1830-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863317 English naval officer and novelist. From the description of Mr. Midshipman Easy : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned of the novel, lacking the first five chapters, ca. 1835. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 83187870 From the description o...

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

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English literary personality. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Watts, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864527 English poetess. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.] and Hans Place, to Robert Folkestone Williams, postmarked 1833 June and [no year] July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608031 English poet. From the description of The Mountain Grave : [n.p.] : autograph manusc...

Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881

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Anna Maria Hall, née Fielding, Irish-born writer. From the description of Mrs. S. C. Hall manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. early 1850's] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 666533041 Mrs. Cunningham was the wife of Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and biographer of Robert Burns. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. Allan Cunningham, [between 1842 and 1860?] / Anna Maria Hall. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36864744 I...

Heath, Charles, 1785-1848

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English engraver and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470304 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Robert Balmanno, 1815 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469437 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Euston Sq., London, to Sir Richard Westmacott, 1836 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270467864 Eng...

Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845

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Scottish nobleman and English ambassador to France (1815-1830), and Russia (1841-1845). From the description of Papers, 1785-1855. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684765 Charles Stuart, Baron de Rothesay was a Scottish nobleman who attended Eton. Early in his career he acted as a secret agent in Spain and Portugal. His first ambassadorial post was in the Netherlands in 1815. The following fifteen years he served as ambassador in France when Pari...

Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844

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Epithet: of the parish of St Bride London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0002ec Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel 17th Lancers, dedicatee of the composer 'Dolores' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00021c English politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Willington and [London], ...

Scarlett, Peter Campbell, 1804-1881

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Epithet: Secretary of Legation at Florence British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x0003ac Epithet: son of James Scarlett British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x0003ad Epithet: Envoy Extraordinary to Greece British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x0...

Fraser, James, -1841

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Publisher of Fraser's Magazine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to T. Crofton Croker, 1831 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270751515 ...

Hervey, Charles

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Jerdan, William, 1782-1869

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Epithet: journalist, of the 'Literary Gazette' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000297 Journalist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : various places, to Mrs. Darby, 1853 Jan. 12, 1858 Dec. 5, and [no year] Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871150 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to R. Ackermann, "Monday" [no year]. (...