John Bowring collection 1821-1871

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John Bowring collection 1821-1871

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Chiefly letters from Bowring, many regarding unidentified works by his friends. Some letters are responses to invitations. Includes letter to Marc-Antoine Jullien about the Peace Society; letter to John Bowyer Nichols (editor of "Gentleman's Magazine") that includes a statement for publication about the destruction of the public library in Abo, Finland. Collection also includes manuscript regarding commercial relations between France and England, written for publication in "The Examiner", and two poems, one untitled and one entitled "Taxes."

Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: .25

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6348943

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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,...

Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863

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John Bowyer Nichols was born in London, 1779, and went on to be schooled at St Paul's School, London. In 1796 he entered his father's printing office and began part editorship of The Gentleman's Magazine , of which, by 1837, he was sole proprietor. For a short time he was printer to the Corporation of the City of London. In 1850 he became Master of the Stationer's Company. He published many county histories as well as significant works such as The Literary History of the Eighteenth Century . He ...

Jullien, Marc-Antoine, 1775-1848

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880-11 Frant︠s︡uzskiĭ publit︠s︡ist i politicheskiĭ dei︠a︡telʹ, uchastnik Velikoĭ frant︠s︡uzskoĭ revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii 1789-1794 gg., redaktor zhurnala Revue Encyclopedique. From the description of Jullien Marc-Antoine (1775-1848). Fond 317, 1776-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122777070 ...

Peace Society (London, England)

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The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816; first meeting was held at the home of William Allen, June 6, 1814; members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. The Society declined in influence after the Boer War; in World War I it played no perceptib...