Autograph letters signed (3) : Shefford, to Mr. Lloyd Baker, 1817 Sept. 1-1824 May 9.

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...

Baker, Lloyd

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Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823

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Robert Bloomfield, minor English poet, best known for his long poem The Farmer's Boy. His poetry was championed by Robert Southey, and his themes of nature and the common man initially won the approval of Wordsworth and Coleridge -- but Lord Byron and Charles Lamb were less than charitable in their assessments of his poetic worth. From the description of Robert Bloomfield manuscript material : 4 items, 1802-1808 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76944990 From th...