Autograph letters signed from Thomas Park, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1801-1805.

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Autograph letters signed from Thomas Park, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1801-1805.

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Letters chiefly to R.A. Davenport, but also one to Thomas Hill. Letters to Davenport largely concern poetry, with multiple references to the Poetical register. (1), to Thomas Hill, includes a brief poem about Kemble in King John or in Lear and Cooke "in Macbeth or the Jew." (2) mentions Seward, Coleridge, Spencer and Barbauld. (3) mentions Brydges. (6) mentions Seward. (7) mentions Whittingham and Warton. Letters written from High Street, Marylebone and Hampstead. Letter to Hill sent to No. 7 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Letters to Davenport sent to Sydenham, No. 2 Beaufort Row, Chelsea and Nine Elms, Vauxhall.

8 items ; 19 x 12 cm to 23 x 19 cm.

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Davenport, R. A. (Richard Alfred), 1777?-1852

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003e6 ...

Park, Thomas, 1759-1834

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English antiquary and bibliographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Hayley, 1800 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610523 Thomas Park was born in 1759 and spent his early life training to be an engraver. In 1797 he changed his occupation, turning his total attention instead to literature and antiquities. In 1792 he published his first volume of verse. He went on to publish more verse but mainly he edited many historical and lite...

Poetical register

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Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840

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Thomas Hill was a book collector described as "a lover of English literature who possessed one of the most copious collections of English poetry in existence." From the description of Letter, Covent Garden, to Rev. Thomas Maurice, 1799 February 13. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34072970 John Taylor was the editor of the newspaper The Sun, and author of a memoir titled Records of my life. Thomas Hill was the editor of the Monthly Mirror. The t...