Thomas Love Peacock manuscript material : 152 items 1792-1863

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Thomas Love Peacock manuscript material : 152 items 1792-1863

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Thomas Love Peacock, English satirical novelist and poet. The Thomas Love Peacock manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. Among the writings are included: holograph working and fair copies of his collection of poetry titled, "Paper Money Lyrics"; his holograph log-book from the steamship Proserpine (1840-1841); and a holograph cook book, "The Science of Cookery." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1818 and 1847. Correspondents include: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, politician; Thomas Jefferson Hogg, barrister and friend of Shelley; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, writer; and over a dozen others.

152 items

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

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Clarke, Jane

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English & Becks, upholsterers of Bath.

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English and Becks, upholsterers of Bath. Edmund English, Robert English and Andrew Berkeley Becks furnished Albio House at Great Marlow for Shelley on credit in the winter and early spring of 1817, and were never paid. They were forced to declare bankruptcy in 1828. A detailed historical account and a list of documents in the Pforzheimer Collection relating to English & Becks (including these manuscripts and others) is provided in Shelley and His Circle, vol. VIII, p. 827-845. Fr...

Roberts, William, surgeon of Carnarvon

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L'Estrange, Thomas, 1822-1910

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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 ...

Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859

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Charles Ollier, English publisher, writer, and editor. From the guide to the Charles Ollier manuscript material : 3 items, 1845-1855, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English publisher of Shelley and Keats. From the description of Autograph document signed : London, 1834 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872065 Publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier was bor...

Whitton, William

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Payne, J. Bertrand (James Bertrand), 1833-1898

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 4 Dover Street, Piccadilly, W., London, to Arthur Sullivan, 1867 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126535 Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0003a6 ...

Peacock, Sarah, 1754-1832

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Sarah Peacock, née Love, mother of Thomas Love Peacock, the satirical novelist and poet. From the guide to the Sarah Peacock manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1819-1831, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, baron, 1786-1869

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1853 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880286 ...

Peacock, Jane, 1789-1851

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Jane Peacock, née Gryffydh, wife of Thomas Love Peacock, the satirical novelist and poet. From the guide to the Jane Peacock manuscript material : 1 item, 1831, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Cole, Henry. , Sir, 1808-1882

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Sir Henry Cole, English journalist, civil servant, and product designer, and originator of the Christmas card. Cole was the editor of the 1875 edition of the collected works of Thomas Love Peacock. From the description of Sir Henry Cole manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1875 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 155718520 From the guide to the Sir Henry Cole manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1875, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shell...

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866

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Thomas Love Peacock was an English author, perhaps best remembered for his satiric novels. He was working as a clerk when he published his first collection of poems, and his verse and essays earned him popularity with the public and his fellow writers. Over the course of his career, he published seven novels, each a unique combination of satire and observation; they are valuable for their commentary on contemporary English society, yet timeless in their themes and humour. Peacock had many litera...

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....

Kitchener, Frances Elliott, 1838-1915

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Cabell, William, 1785 or 1786-1853

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Gordon, George Huntly, 1795 or 1796-1868

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Perry, James, 1756-1821

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James Perry, British journalist. From the guide to the James Perry manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1800-1821?, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Parker, John William, 1792-1870

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Shelley, Timothy, Sir, 1753-1844

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Father of the poet. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Field Place, to Mr. Child, 1839 Oct. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662121 ...

Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1862

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Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...