Claire Clairmont manuscript material : 63 items 1814-1879

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Claire Clairmont manuscript material : 63 items 1814-1879

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Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, commonly known as "Claire," step-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and member of the Shelley circle. A writer of significant journals and letters, she spent many years as a governess, and was the mother of Allegra by George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. The manuscript material by Claire Clairmont in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: two holograph journals kept during her travels with the Shelleys; holograph notes and essays prepared for E. J. Trelawny, relating to Shelley and Byron; and an effusive book inscription to Captain Edward Silsbee, the Shelley enthusiast. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1847-1856, and includes reflections on her experiences with Byron and the Shelleys, and various matters of family interest. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, English poet; Antonia Clairmont, her sister-in-law; Edward John Trelawny, the writer and adventurer; and over half a dozen others.

63 items

The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Silsbee, E. A. (Edward Augustus), 1826-1900

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Cini, Bartolomeo

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Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879

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Amory, Sewell & Moores, London solicitors. Samuel Amory was the solicitor who represented Shelley in his post-obit transactions. From the guide to the Amory, Sewell & Moores manuscript material : 1 item, 1844, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: mistress of Lord Byron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00005f Clara ...

Cini, Tommaso

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881

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English author and adventurer. From the description of Edward J. Trelawny collection, 1824-1890. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925559 From the description of ALS : Lerici, Italy, to Lord Byron, Pisa, [1822 July 13]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591848 Epithet: of Add MS 36461 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0000af ...

Clairmont, Paola, 1825-1891.

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Pauline "Paola" Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont of the Shelley circle. Like her aunt, she was a governess, traveled widely, and had a child out of wedlock. Paola also lived with Claire, first as a boarder and then as an unpaid housekeeper, during the final years of her aunt's life. The story of Paola's encounters with Shelley enthusiast Edward Augustus Silsbee inspired Henry James's novella "The Aspern Papers.". From the guide to the Paola Clairmont manuscript material : 42 item...

Farina, Margherita Cini

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Clairmont, Wilhelm Charles Gaulis, 1831-1895.

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Wilhelm Charles Gaulis Clairmont, also known as William, nephew of Claire Clairmont. He was married to Ottilie Caroline Anna von Pichler, and together they were known affectionately to friends as "Willy and Tilly." From the description of Wilhelm Charles Gaulis Clairmont manuscript material : ca. 400 items, 1840's-1870's. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123899816 Wilhelm Charles Gaulis Clairmont, also known as William, nephew of Claire Clairmont. He was marrie...

French, Charlotte Emma Bennet, b. 1814.

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Taylor, Emma, Miss

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Clairmont, Antonia Ghi(s)lain d'Hembyze, 1800-1868.

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Antonia Ghi(s)lain d'Hembyze Clairmont, Viennese sister-in-law of Claire Clairmont. She was married to Charles Gaulis Clairmont, and often went by the nickname "Tonie." From the description of Antonia Clairmont manuscript material : 87 items, ca. 1839-1867 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123896961 Antonia Ghi(s)lain d'Hembyze Clairmont, Viennese sister-in-law of Claire Clairmont. She was married to Charles Gaulis Clairmont, and often went by the nickname "Toni...