ALS (initials) : Edmonton, to Thomas Manning, [1834 May 10].
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Adam, R. B. (Robert Borthwick), 1863-1940
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Robert Borthwick Adam was a prominent manuscript collector. He was born in England in 1863 as Robert Borthwick Adam Scott, son of John Scott and Jean (Adam) Scott. In 1872, he was brought to Buffalo, N.Y, and adopted by his uncle, Robert Borthwick Adam (1833-1904), a prosperous department store owner. He assumed his uncle's name and eventually inherited the department store, as well as a substantial collection of British rare books and literary manuscripts, many of them relating to Samuel Johnso...
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...
Manning, Thomas, 1772-1840
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Traveller and friend of Chas. Lamb. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : to Mrs. John Payne, 1834 Apr. 22-1835 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608559 First Chinese scholar in Europe; friend of Charles Lamb. From the description of Letter : London, to Julius von Klaproth, Paris, 1831 May 4. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28303398 ...
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847
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Mary Lamb, English children's book writer. The sister of Charles Lamb, the essayist, Mary contributed several works to William Godwin's Juvenile Library, including Tales from Shakespeare, a collaboration with her brother. From the description of Mary Lamb manuscript material : 3 items, 1811-1820 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 162505310 English writer. From the description of To Emma, learning Latin, and desponding : manuscript poem in the autograp...
