William Godwin manuscript material : 338 items, 1778-1836

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William Godwin manuscript material : 338 items, 1778-1836

The William Godwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, promissory notes, and various other documents. The writings include: complete holograph manuscript drafts of his works Fleetwood, Coludesley, and Lives of the Necromancers ; manuscript drafts of essays from his Enquirer ; and proof revisions written in volumes of his Political Justice and St. Leon. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1795-1834 and mostly discusses Godwin's research, business matters and financial arrangements. Correspondents include: Mary Shelley, novelist (his daughter) ; Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (his son-in-law) ; Aaron Burr, vice president of the United States ; Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet ; and over one hundred others. The promissory notes date from between 1804-1818, and are mostly to neighborhood merchants. Various other documents include library call slips, memos of agreement for business deals, and Godwin's last will and testament. A fair amount of The Pforzheimer Collection's Godwin manuscript material dated before 1822 is published, with extensive commentary, in Shelley and His Circle.

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Godwin, William, 1756-1836

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William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. In the conservative reaction to British radicalism, Godwin was attacked, in part because of his marriage to the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797 and his candid biography of her after her death from childbirth. Their daughter, later known as Mary Shelley, would go on to writ...

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. A Founding Father, he served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. His role in helping form the nation, however, would be overshadowed when he killed fellow Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. The duel led to the collapse of Burr's political career and tarnished his legacy in American history. Burr was born t...

Sharp, Richard, 1759-1835

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Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877

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Scholar and author. From the description of Charles Cowden Clarke and Mary Cowden Clarke correspondence, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453461 Charles Cowden Clarke, English writer and public lecturer. In his twenties he worked as a teacher at his father's school in Enfield, Middlesex. During this time Clarke befriended a young John Keats, and introduced him to the works of the great poets. He later moved to London, where he made many friends among the literary set, ...

Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803

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Epithet: archivist and collector of books and manuscripts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x0001ee Antiquary and paleographer who wrote "The Origin and Progress of Writing" in 1784; was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1766; was made chief clerk of the Record Office in the Tower in 1775; and was made keeper of the records in 1783. From the description of Astle correspondence, 1757-180...

Rodd, Thomas, 1763-1822

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Moxon, William, 1808-

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Montagu, Basil, 1770-1851

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Rickman, Thomas Clio, 1761-1834

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Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1862

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Gisborne, Maria, 1770-1836

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Epithet: friend of Shelley, wife of J Gisborne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000064 Maria Gisborne [née James; other married name Reveley], friend of William Godwin and Mary and Percy Shelley. In her teens, she studied painting under the tutelage of Angelica Kauffman in Rome. She met William Godwin through her first husband, William Reveley, an English acrhitect with whom she had one son, Henry. Whe...

Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was a British actress, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Hamlet, ca.1805? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80027720 Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer and actress. From the description of Elizabeth Inchabald manuscript material : 5 items, 1799-1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436880525 English actress, novelist, and dramatist. Fr...

Northmore, Thomas, 1766-1851

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Kenney, James, 1780-1849

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Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852

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American actor and playwright. From the description of Scrapbook, 1813-1852 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811929 From the description of Letter : Washington, to Elizabeth Payne, 1850 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22772908 From the description of Home, sweet home, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 237626353 Appointed by President Tyler, the actor and playwright served as U.S. Consul in Tunis from 1842-1845, a...

Place, Francis, 1771-1854

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British reformer. From the description of Letters, 1836-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39208674 Epithet: of Add MS 37949 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x0000bb Francis Place was born in 1771 in London, England and was a tailor by trade. Through his activities as a lobbyist for labor reform and as a labor organizer, Place became an influential radical political...

Taylor, Richard, 1781-1858

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Chalmers, George, 1742-1825

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George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, antiquarian, and author. He was born at Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, educated at the parish school at Fochabers and at King's College Aberdeen. He went on to study law in Edinburgh and moved to Maryland in 1763 to practice law in Baltimore. As a devout loyalist, he returned to London in September of 1775 when revolutionary discontent grew in the American colonies. He was appointed chief clerk of the committee of the Privy Council...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003b7 Son of the dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W. G. Elliston, 1826 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469755 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Elliston, 1829 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469729 English poet. From th...

Northcote, James, 1746-1831

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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...

Wilson, Walter, 1781-1847

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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854

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English judge and author, friend and executor of Charles Lamb. From the description of ALS : London, to Andrew Willis, 1847 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690123 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) was an English judge and author. From the description of Letters to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1835-1844 (bulk 1835-1836). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396791 English j...

Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835

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Charles Mathews, English actor. From the description of Charles Mathews manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 747730054 From the guide to the Charles Mathews manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1820's, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Mathews was an English actor, stage manager, and one of the leading comedians of his day. From his first appearance in Lo...

Merivale, John Herman, 1779-1844

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John Herman Merivale, lawyer and literary scholar. From the guide to the John Herman Merivale manuscript material : 4 items, 1833-1840, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Wollstonecraft, Everina, 1765-1841.

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Dillon, Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, Viscount, 1777-1832

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Curran, John Philpot, 1750-1817

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Hone, William, 1780-1842

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English publisher and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to William Howitt, 1826 Feb. 5-1826 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269527023 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ludgate Hill, 1824 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530121 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Islington, to Walter Wilson, 1829 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526852 From the description of Autogr...

Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817

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Staël wrote plays, fiction, essays, novels, and criticism. Her life and works are grounded in the transformations of a Europe in revolution. She was heavily involved in European politics from 1786 to her death in 1817, and her art reflects her concerns. She published her novel, Delphine, in 1802, and an English translation appeared in 1803. During a period of exile from France, she visited London, 1813-1814. From the description of Madame de Staël letters, ca. 1813. (Pennsylvania S...

Longman & Co.

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Parkes, Joseph, 1796-1865

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Epithet: of Add MS 38985 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002a2 Epithet: radical politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002a6 Joseph Parkes, British politician and solicitor. Parkes played a critical role in the political reform movements and electoral changes of the mid-ninethee...

Archibald Constable &Co.

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Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859

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Charles Ollier, English publisher, writer, and editor. From the guide to the Charles Ollier manuscript material : 3 items, 1845-1855, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English publisher of Shelley and Keats. From the description of Autograph document signed : London, 1834 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872065 Publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier was bor...

Shield, William, 1748-1829

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British theatre composer. From the description of Hope & Love / A Cavatina. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569533 Epithet: Rear-Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000389 English composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London] Oct. 23 1809 and [n.p.] Apr. 22 1816, to James Perry, 1809 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27...

Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858

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Moxon was an English publisher and verse writer and Taylor was a London publisher and printer. From the description of Memorandum of agreement ... between John Taylor ... and Edward Moxon ..., London : manuscript, 1845 Sept. 30. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78553218 Alfred Tennyson was a British poet and playwright. From the guide to the Alfred Tennyson collection of papers, 1823-1907, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collect...

Taylor, John, 1781-1864

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Keat's publisher. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned (a retained draft) : London, to J.A. Hessey, 1820 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579213 John Taylor, publisher, joined the firm of Taylor and Hessey in 1813, and soon after published The Identity of Junius, an attempt to identify Junius as Sir William Francis. He edited the London Magazine from 1821 to 1824, appointing Thomas Hood his replacement; his contributors and literary friends included Ho...

Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Rosina [Lady Lytton], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871221 Lady Caroline Lamb, English novelist. From the description of Lady Caroline Lamb manuscript material : 48 items, 1815-1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 707758437 British writer. From the description of Sketch, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79211312 Caroline ...

Longman, Thomas Norton, 1771-1842

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e6 ...

G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England)

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Blanchard, Laman, 1804-1845

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British author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lambeth, to N. P. Willis, 1840 Jul. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522937 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Union Place," to Miss Crockett, [no year] "Thursday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530560 (Samuel) Laman Blanchard, English author and journalist. Blanchard's poetry was published widely in journals and he dedicated his 1828 Lyric Offerings to Charles Lamb. He edited,...

Bartley, George, 1782-1858

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. [Henry] Sudlow, 1852 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671997 English actor, also prominent in America. From the description of George Bartley letters, 1819-1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936497 ...

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

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Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. From the description of Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscri...

Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849

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James Justinian Morier, British diplomat and author. From the guide to the James Justinian Morier manuscript material : 1 item, 1819, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Wilson, Effingham, 1783-1868

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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Firm)

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Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

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Mary Hays, English writer. From the description of Mary Hays manuscript material : 35 items, 1779-1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 373526721 From the guide to the Mary Hays manuscript material : 36 items, 1779-1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Taylor, John, 1757-1832

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...

Gaskell, Daniel.

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Taylor, John, 1750-1826

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Blackwood, William, 1776-1834

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Editor of Blackwood's Magazine. From the description of Letters : Edinburgh, to Henry Prevost, New York, 1817 and undated. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 27497238 ...

Arch, John, fl. 1792-1838.

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John Arch, of "John and Arthur Arch," Quaker publishers and booksellers. He refers to William Godwin as an "old acquaintance." William Pickering (1796-1854), publisher and bookseller, apprenticed under John and Arthur Arch from 1810-1818. From the guide to the John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, 1828, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834

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Prince Hoare, English playwright and artist. Originally a painter, he ceased to exhibit after 1785, turning his attention to play writing. His best-known production, a farce titled, "No Song, No Supper," was first acted at Drury Lane Theatre in 1790. From the description of Prince Hoare manuscript material : 5 items, 1790-1819 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 326881408 English artist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brig...

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

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Richard Bentley was a London publisher, first with Colburn and Bentley, later with Bentley and Sons. Bentley published many of England's most popular writers, including Dickens, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, and Mrs. Henry Wood. He also published important English editions of American authors such as Poe and Cooper. From the description of Richard Bentley letter to J. LeSouëf, 1833 Nov. 18. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 58802263 ...

Caunter, Hobart, 1794-1851

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Ogborne, Elizabeth, 1763 or 64-1853.

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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...

Tieck, Ludwig, 1773-1853

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Austrian soprano. From the description of [Album leaf in the hand of Jenny Ney], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270943107 Johann Ludwig Tieck was a German poet and novelist, translator, editor, and critic; Tieck was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. From the description of Ludwig Tieck letter, 1839 June 17. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 429673827 German novelis...

Curran, Amelia, 1775-1847.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816

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Dramatist and Parliamentary leader. From the description of Autograph address on an envelope signed : Dublin Castle, to Edmond Malone 1785 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662003 From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Mr. Elliston, the actor, 1795 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662070 From the description of Autograph address on an envelope signed : to R.W. Elliston. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661995 Ep...

Harwood, William S.

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Booth, David, 1766-1846

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Epithet: lexicographer, schoolmaster and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000002 ...

Baxter, William, whaling master

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Hamilton, S. (Samuel).

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...

Malthus, T.R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834

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English economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : E. Hull, to Robert Cottle, 1829 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270844696 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "St. Catherine's near Bath," to William Otter, 1830 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270844700 Thomas Malthus was the author of the "Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798). From the guide to the Thomas Robert Malthus letter, undated, (David M. ...

Aspland, Robert, 1782-1845

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Reynolds, Frederic Mansel, -1850

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'Original manuscripts of the contents of The Keepsake. In the handwriting of the several authors'. The Keepsake, a 19th century literary annual, was edited by Frederic Mansel Reynolds (d.1850), 1828-35 and 1838-9. The compilation is presumably from his papers. From the guide to the The Keepsake: Manuscript Stories and Poems, 1833-1838, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

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,...

Fenwick, John, 1739-1823

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Dawe, George, 1781-1829

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Colburn, Henry, ?-1855

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Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829). From the guide to the Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, 1840-1841, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection...