Thomas Holcroft manuscript material : 2 items, 1797

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Thomas Holcroft manuscript material : 2 items, 1797

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ยท To Mary Hays, writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : 20 Sep 1797 : (MISC 2206) : begins, "Holcroft presents his compliments to Miss Hays and hopes he shall not incuran increase of her displeasure by avoiding all unkind contest or altercation." With irregular loss at the fold edge of the lettersheet, affecting much of the text. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Sep 1797 : (MISC 2207) : from Newman Street; begins, "Few things dear Madam are more affecting than to see persons who are as it were delegated to the high office of instructing the world forget their own benevolent percepts as to contend in very bitterness of spirit with each other." -- Both are letters published in Marilyn Brooks's edition of Mary Hays correspondence.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003b7 Son of the dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W. G. Elliston, 1826 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469755 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Elliston, 1829 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469729 English poet. From th...

Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843

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Mary Hays, English writer. From the description of Mary Hays manuscript material : 35 items, 1779-1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 373526721 From the guide to the Mary Hays manuscript material : 36 items, 1779-1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...