The William Cowper papers and other eighteenth century manuscripts [microform].

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The William Cowper papers and other eighteenth century manuscripts [microform].

Collection of letters and manuscripts relating to William Cowper. Also included are letters, poems, and prose pieces by Blake, Boswell, Burns, the Earl of Chesterfield, Congreve, Garrick, Hogarth, Hume, Johnson, "Monk" Lewis, Hannah More, Pope, Sheridan, Horace Walpole, and extensive correspondence between Elizabeth Montagu and Hester Thrale-Piozzi, and between Thrale-Piozzi and Penelope Pennington.

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Pennington, Penelope

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Penelope Pennington was a friend and correspondent of Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, Mrs. Siddons, and Anna Seward. From the guide to the Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Penelope Pennington, née Weston (1757-1827), wife of William Pennington, Master of Ceremonies for the Bristol Hotwells. From the guide to the Penelope Pennington manuscript material : 12 items, 1813-1814, (The Ne...

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 ...

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Cowper, William, 1731-1800

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William Cowper, English poet. From the guide to the William Cowper manuscript material : 32 items, ca. 1784-1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston Underwood, to William [i.e. Walter] Churchey, 1786 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531182 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Olney], to Lady Austen, 1782 Aug...