Samuel Richardson papers, 1715-1759 (inclusive), 1748-1759 (bulk).

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Samuel Richardson papers, 1715-1759 (inclusive), 1748-1759 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612860965

This collection includes nine letters and three annuity receipts. Most of the letters relate to Richardson's literary and publishing careers. Individual letters discuss Clarissa, and fellow authors Thomas Edwards, Mary Leapor, Christopher Smart, and Edward Young.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7802270

Houghton Library

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Young, Edward, 1683-1765

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Welwyn, Herts.], to [Samuel Richardson], 1750 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584539 Edward Young was a poet, dramatist and satirist, born at Upham near Winchester. He was the son of Edward Young, the rector of Upham, (who was later Dean of Salisbury and chaplain to William and Mary). In 1702 Young went to New College, Oxford, but moved to Corpus Christi, and then to a law fellowship at All Souls in ...

Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : King's Bench Prison [London], to Dr. Charles Burney, 1770 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872260 From the description of Papers, 1748-1751. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29854026 ...

Leapor, Mrs. (Mary), 1722-1746

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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Dr. [Edward] Young, 1749 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617487 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sheridan, 1758 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617492 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to "Madam" [Frances Grainger], 1748 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617481 From the description of Autograph lette...

Edwards, Thomas, 1699-1757

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