Charles Lamb Collection 1801-1834

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Charles Lamb Collection 1801-1834

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00526/00526-P.html

The Charles Lamb Collection consistsprimarily of handwritten manuscripts, Lamb's fair copies of works by others, andoutgoing correspondence from Lamb and his sister Mary.

5 boxes, 1 oversize folder (osf) (1.97 linear feet)

eng,

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6645701

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...