Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Personal Papers of the Porter Family 1750-1849

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Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Personal Papers of the Porter Family 1750-1849

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The Porter Family Collection consists of letters, literary manuscripts and personal papers of an English literary family from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Two-thirds of the almost 3000 items in the collection consists of the correspondence of the siblings, Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), Jane Porter (1776-1850), Anna Maria Porter (1778-1832) as well as other members of the Porter family.

11 linear feet (46 boxes), 7 volumes, 1 oversize box

fre,

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

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Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to [Richard] Hort, 1822 Oct. 19 [OS], [1822 Oct 31 NS]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851607 Epithet: painter and traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001de Sir Robert Ker Porter was an English painter and traveler. From the guide to the Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849., (Ho...

Porter, William, 1735-1779

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Kikine, Maria Scherbatoff Porter, b. 1813

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Porter, Maria Scherbatoff, d. 1826

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Porter, Anna Maria, 1778-1832

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British author. From the description of Letter : to "Miss Cockle," Newcastle upon Tyne, 1821 Jan. 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29458717 Epithet: novelist, sister of Sir R K Porter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000114 Anna Maria Porter, like her sister Jane, was a popular English novelist and poet. Precocious and nurtured in her early years, Anna Maria published a ...

Clitherow family

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Denham family

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McKinnon family

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Porter family

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Members of this Porter family trace their ancestry back to Sir William Porter, who fought at Agincourt and Endymion Porter (1587-1649), a courtier and patron of artists. Their maternal ancestry includes John Tweddell (1769-1799), a classical scholar. William Porter (1735-1779), a surgeon with the 6th Inniskilling dragoons, married Jane Blenkinsop (1745-1831), daughter of Robert Blenkinsop of Durham, and they had 5 children: John (1772-1810), a colonel; William Ogilvie (1774-1850), a...

Porter, Jane Blenkinsop (b. Jane Blenkinsop), 1745-1831

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Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

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Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a best selling British historical novelist and the author of Thaddeus of Warsaw (1804) and The Scottish chiefs (1810). From the description of Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559985 Francis Legatt Chantrey was a popular and successful sculptor who made portrait busts of many of the most distinguished men of his time, including George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Willi...

Porter, William Ogilvie, 1774-1850

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