Alaric Watts letters and photograph, 1821-1853.

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Alaric Watts letters and photograph, 1821-1853.

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The collection consists of six letters and a carte-de-visite photograph, including: two to Bernard Barton, 10 May 1821, the second undated, with news of mutual friends and his work on the Literary Souvenir; two letters to John Bowring, 23 and 26 July 1828, requesting letters of introduction to French literary figures for an upcoming journey to France; to Sir, 8 Oct. 1828, marked private, protesting an attack upom him; to Mr. Moxon, 23 Oct. 1853, about the distress of the Haydon family and the villainy of Longmans. Also, photograph of Watts credited to John & Chas. Watkins.

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Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864

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Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858

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Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849

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