Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. Cummins, 1765 Aug. 11.

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...

Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000136 Epithet: of Add MS 36202 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000135 John Shebbeare was an English writer, known primarily for his vitriolic novels satirizing contemporary England. He apprenticed to a surgeon, became an apothecary, then moved to Paris...

Cummins, Dr., fl. 1765,

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