John Moultrie manuscript material : 4 items 1819-1828

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John Moultrie manuscript material : 4 items 1819-1828

To Charles Knight, publisher and writer : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday night" [1819?] : (S'ANA 0667) : from Eaton : begins, "I have in vain attempted to resume task ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" [?1820-1821] : (S'ANA 0666) : from Newstead Lodge : begins, "As you are probably busy on your 1st number and anxious to know what contributions you may expect, I write hastily to tell you that I have nearly finished the first canto of a Beppo poem ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [Dec 1823] : (S'ANA 0668) : from Combe Abbey : begins, "The remainder of the canto will be Coventry this evening, by either the Holyhead mail or the Shamrock ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [27 Dec 1828] : (S'ANA 0669) : from Belmont Shrewsbury : begins, "Your letter reached me this evening - and to make you happy, I have altered the obnoxious stanza ..."; discusses his involvement in "the publication of Shelley's posthumous works," noting, "the profits (if any) are to go to Mrs. Shelley, who is but ill provided for.".

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Knight, Charles, 1791-1873

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British publisher and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Carlton Villas [London], to John Forster, 1855 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270958677 Publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Tyler and Reed, 1848 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491100 Publisher and author Charles Knight was born at Windsor, and spent his youth apprenticed to his father, a bookseller and printe...

Moultrie, John, 1799-1874

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John Moultrie, Church of England clergyman and poet. From the guide to the John Moultrie manuscript material : 4 items, 1819-1828, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...