William Hayley manuscript material : 2 items, 1792-1818

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William Hayley manuscript material : 2 items, 1792-1818

· To Ann Flaxman, wife of the sculptor John Flaxman : 1 autograph poetical Valentine signed : Feb 1818 : (MISC 3743) : begins, "Will the dear Nancy smile to see / A Valentine of seventy three?" · To George Nicol, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jan 1792 : (MISC 4028) : regarding Hayley's biography of Milton, which would be published two years later by Nicol and others as part of The Poetical Works of John Milton; also asking about their mutual friend the poet Joseph Warton.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284293

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Flaxman, Ann (Denman), d. 1820.

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Wife of the painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : [London?], to William Hayley, [1796?] May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531576 ...

Hayley, William, 1745-1820

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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...

Nicol, George, 1741-1829

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