S. Rogers : Memoirs, anecdotes &c &c, scrapbook, 1843-1857.

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S. Rogers : Memoirs, anecdotes &c &c, scrapbook, 1843-1857.

Includes seven manuscript items: five letters from Alexander Dyce to Mitford, undated, some discussing Hester Lynch Piozzi; one letter from William King to "Ling," 1852, with enclosed pamphlet (disbound); and a poem, "To Samuel Rogers Esq.," by Mitford, 1843 July (disbound). With clippings relating to Samuel Rogers, including Catalogue of the Collection of Greek & Roman Coins, Early Italian Medals, and Medallions, &c. &c. of the Late Samuel Rogers (London: Christie & Manson, 1856).

ca. 134 leaves, bound ; 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7800603

Houghton Library

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855

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British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...

Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869

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English scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 9 Gray's Inn Square [London], to "M." [Edward Moxon], "Thursday" [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870709 Editor and literary scholar Alexander Dyce was born and raised in Edinburgh, and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is probably best remembered for scholarly editions of classical British dramatists, such as Christopher Marlowe, George Peel, and John Webster. He also produced a notable nine-vo...

King, William, 1786-1865

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Mitford, John, 1781-1859

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...