Basil Hall manuscript material : 9 items, 1829-1830

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Basil Hall manuscript material : 9 items, 1829-1830

· To Anthony Galignani, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : [late 1830?] : (B'ANA 0552) : begins, "I am confined to the house by cold otherwise I should have called to see if your copy of Ld. B[yron] had arrived ..." · To William Galignani, bookseller and publisher : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : [ca. late 1829] : (B'ANA 0547) : from Hôtel des Iles Britainniques, Rue de la Paix : wanting to meet to discuss a "matter of business connected with Mr. Moore's Life of Ld. Byron." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [late 1830?] : (B'ANA 0554) : including, "I shall have great pleasure in making acquainance with M. Bertin ..." · To A. and W. Galignani, booksellers and publishers : 4 autograph letters signed : 1 Dec 1829 : (B'ANA 0548a) : from Hôtel des Iles Britainniques : a list of questions relating to his Voyages and Travels. Along with a draft response, apparently in the hand of one of the Galignanis (B'ANA 0548b). -- 18 Dec 1829 : (B'ANA 0549) : from Paris : begins, "I have just received a joint letter from Mr. Moore & Mr. Murray requesting me to apply to you for the sheets of Mr. Moore's Life of Byron ..." -- 17 Sep 1830 : (B'ANA 0551a) : from 27 St. James' St., London; including more relating to Moore's Life of Byron. Along with a draft response from the Galignani's (B'ANA 0551b). -- [late 1830?] : (B'ANA 0553) : begins, "I return your Volume which looks very well ..." · To "My Dear Sir" (either A. or W. Galignani) : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 6 [Jan?] 1830 : (B'ANA 0550) : relating to his Voyages and Travels. -- [late 1830?] : begins, "As I have made some slight changes to my letter to Mr. [John] Murray, I shall be glad if you will read it over ..."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284497

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Galignani, William, 1798-1882

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Galignani, Anthony, 1796-1873.

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A. and W. Galignani (Firm)

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Anthony and William Galignani, British publishers and booksellers in Paris. Sons of Italian-born publisher Giovanni Galignani, they took over the family business upon his death in 1821. From the description of A. and W. Galignani manuscript material : 1 item, 1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 232157787 ...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...

Hall, Basil, 1788-1844

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Scottish naval officer and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (47) : London, Portsmouth, etc., primarily to his publisher, Edward Moxon, 1830 Feb. 8-1842 July 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507502 Basil Hall, British naval officer and author best known for his Fragments of Voyages and Travels. From the description of Basil Hall manuscript material : 9 items, 1829-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30212336...