Letters of Charles Lamb [manuscript], 1797-1936 (bulk 1797-1834).

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Letters of Charles Lamb [manuscript], 1797-1936 (bulk 1797-1834).

Lamb writes regarding his profession and acquaintances. There are also some letters from Mary Lamb, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a prominent recipient.

38 items.1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7922581

University of Virginia. Library

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born 21 October 1772, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England – died 25 July 1834, Highgate, Middlesex, England), English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose...

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847

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Mary Lamb, English children's book writer. The sister of Charles Lamb, the essayist, Mary contributed several works to William Godwin's Juvenile Library, including Tales from Shakespeare, a collaboration with her brother. From the description of Mary Lamb manuscript material : 3 items, 1811-1820 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 162505310 English writer. From the description of To Emma, learning Latin, and desponding : manuscript poem in the autograp...