Collection of letters related to Charles and Mary Lamb, 1797-1868 and undated.

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Collection of letters related to Charles and Mary Lamb, 1797-1868 and undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663103602

Collection consists of 3 manuscript poems in the autograph of Charles Lamb (MA 225.1-2, 19); 12 autograph letters from Charles Lamb to various recipients including William Hazlitt, Robert Southey and Sarah Stoddart; 8 autograph letters from Mary Lamb primarily to Sarah Stoddart; and 4 letters concerning the Lambs. Charles Lamb's letters discuss his writings, acquaintances (especially Coleridge), and family (especially his and Mary's adopted daughter Emma Isola). Mary Lamb's letters discuss Sarah Stoddart's family and love life and frequently allude to her own bouts of depression and mental illness. Letters and manuscripts in the collection are described in 27 individual catalog records (MA 225.1-27). With 7 engraved portraits of Charles Lamb.

34 items, unbound ; size varies.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7955604

Related Entities

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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...

Stoddart, Sarah, 1774-1840,

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Southey, Robert, 1774-1843

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English poet, literary scholar, historian and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified man, 1836 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603582965 English poet and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Moxon, 1837 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662734 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified correspondent, 1837 Mar. 2....

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...

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...