Papers of Edward Jerningham, 1760-1812.

Beville, William, 1755-1822

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Hervey, Elizabeth, approximately 1748-approximately 1820

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Seward, Anna, 1742-1809

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English poet. From the description of Conclusion of an autograph letter signed with postscript : Lichfield, to Robert Fellowes, [1804] Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664731 Anna Seward was born in Eyam, Derbyshire, and resided in Lichfield, England from age thirteen until her death. In addition to her career as a poet, she carried on a voluminous correspondence with many literary figures. From the description of Papers, 1781-1807. (Harvard University)...

Desca, Anthony

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Miller, Anna Riggs, Lady, 1741-1781

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Temple, William Johnston, 1739-1796

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The author was a friend of James Boswell, and the Vicar of St. Gluvias in Penryn, Cornwall. From the description of Diaries : manuscript, 1780-1791. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612835415 William Johnston Temple (1739-1796), Church of England clergyman and essayist, friend of James Boswell and Thomas Gray. In 1767 Temple married Anne Stow (1741-1793). The Temples had eight children; one, Francis (1770-1863), became an admiral, and another, Octavius ...

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827

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Helen Maria Williams was an English and French writer. From the description of Helen Maria Williams preface to a translation of Mr. Humboldt's Personal narrative etc., ca. 1814. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49014664 Epithet: authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000332 ...

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828

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Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole was often her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a long friendship. Other friends included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death. From the guide to the Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, pre-1824, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer C...

Colls, John Henry, 1764-1823

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Jerningham, Mr. (Edward), 1737?-1812

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Edward Jerningham (1737?-1812) was an English poet and dramatist. From the description of Papers of Edward Jerningham, 1760-1812. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122545735 Poet, dramatist. Born in 1737, Jerningham was the third son of Sir George Jerningham, Baronet of Costessey Park, Norfolk, and Mary Plowden. He was educated in France, at the English College at Douai and, later, at the University of...

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

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Anna Letitia Barbauld, née Aikin, English poet and essayist. Her first book of poems, published before her marriage, was a critical and popular success, but she came to be better known for her works on the teaching of infants. She was among the circle of radical intellectuals gathered around her publisher, Joseph Johnson, which also included the likes of Joanna Baillie, George Dyer, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin, and Henry Crabb Robinson. From the description of Anna Letitia Barba...

Stockdale, Percival, 1736-1811

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Stockdale was a British author. Porter was a British novelist. From the description of Letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581299 Percival Stockdale was a British author. Jane Porter was a British novelist. From the guide to the Percival Stockdale letters to Jane Porter, 1793-1809., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804

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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797

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Dr. John Allen (1771-1843) was a political and historical writer. In 1791 he graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh. In 1801, in his capacity as a doctor, he accompanied Lord Holland to Spain, and on his return to England became a regular inmate of Holland House. Although he served in 1806 as under-secretary to the commissioners for treating with America, Allen is best known for his social life at Holland House, especially as documented in his diary. He also helped Lord Holland to...

Tasker, William, 1740-1800

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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...