Samuel Taylor Coleridge papers, 1808-1819?

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge papers, 1808-1819?

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Collection comprises Coleridge's holograph notebook containing material on early Greek myths, later expanded into "On the Prometheus of Aeschylus" (1825). Contains a watermark date of 1802; however, the probable date of the manuscript is 1816-1819. There is also a letter from Coleridge to William Allen mentioning work he was doing for Thomas Clarkson.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964244

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born 21 October 1772, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England – died 25 July 1834, Highgate, Middlesex, England), English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose...

Allen, William E.

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William Allen of Rondout, N.Y. was the father of Julia Allen, the wife of William Henry Channing, Unitarian minister, and of Frances Allen, the first wife of Jared Sparks, Unitarian minister, historian, and president of Harvard. From the description of William Allen family correspondence, 1802-1872 (inclusive), 1802-1850 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612366337 Julia McWade Blazer and Harriet McWade Allen were the daughters of William McWade, who came to B...

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...