Reporting notes : manuscript, 1813-1814.

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Reporting notes : manuscript, 1813-1814.

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Probably the volume of manuscript notes taken by William Hazlitt during his work as a parliamentary reporter for the Morning Chronicle in 1813-1814, and sold as lot 258 in the William Carew Hazlitt (1834-1913) auction sale at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 23-24 Nov. 1893. The auction catalog describes lot 258 as follows: "Hazlitt, William. Reporting notes, original autograph ms. belonging to the period (1813-14), when Hazlitt was on the staff of the M. Chronicle, with a few sketches by him, half russia, uncut, uniform with the works." The lot was purchased by the bookseller Dobell for 13 shillings.

[176] leaves ; 19 cm.

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Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913

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English bibliographer and man of letters; grandson of the essayist William Hazlitt. From the description of Postcard: to New York Times, 1900 Mar. 30. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547408 ...

Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830

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In October 1812, William Hazlitt was hired by the Morning Chronicle as a parliamentary reporter. Soon he met John Hunt, publisher of the Examiner, and his younger brother Leigh Hunt, the poet and essayist, who edited the weekly paper. Hazlitt began to contribute miscellaneous essays to the Examiner in 1813, and the scope of his work for the Chronicle was expanded to include drama criticism, literary criticism, and political essays. In 1814 the Champion was added to the list of periodicals that a...