J. G. Lockhart manuscript material : 5 items, 1828-1844

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J. G. Lockhart manuscript material : 5 items, 1828-1844

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· To Thomas De Quincey, English essayist : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1837?] : (MISC 0356) : [no place] : begins, "Accept my best thanks for your very kind Note. I have been kept all this week from seeing you by my wife's illness ..." Lockhart's wife, Sir Walter Scott's daughter, Sophia, died in 1837. · To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comic actor Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Aug 1839 : (MISC 3545) : from [Wilton? Lerk---?] near Lanark : begins, "I have received at a distance from town your letter of the 27th & I fear my delay in acknowledging it may hev been somewhat inconvenient ..." · To Miss Hester Murray : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jan 1841 : (MISC 1353) : [no place] : begins, "I shall have the honour of joining you ..." · To John Murray, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" : (MISC 1363) : [no place] : begins, "I have your card & [?] note & regret most sincerely that we cannot be [at?] your party on Saturday ..." · To Francis Thackeray, author : 1 autograph letter signed : [Mar 1828] : (B'ANA 0541) : [no place] : begins, "I heartily regret that I cannot at present do what you wish ..."; also includes, "By the way. Moore & Murray have soldered all differences & clubbed their Byroniana so that Moore's Life, rich indeed from two such collections, maybe looked for next Spring..."; also, "Miss Edgeworth has far advanced a novel called 'Taking for granted' ..."

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8077498

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Murray, John, 1778-1843

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John Murray was an important and successful British publisher. He was among the first publishers to form connections with authors, notably Byron, and traveled in literary circles. A consummate businessman, he was often guided by his Tory principles; he founded the Quarterly Review in part to give voice to his political views. From the description of John Murray letter to General Malcolm, ca. 1812. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51999696 Britis...

Lockhart, J.G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854

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Scottish biographer and historian. From the description of Letters, 1824-1845. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233116942 Scottish editor, novelist, and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590765 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified correspondent, 1832 Nov. 17. (Unknown). ...

De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002d6 De Quincey was an English essayist and critic. From the description of Compositions, 1818-185-. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80714484 From the guide to the Compositions, 1818-185-?., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Romantic author Thomas De Quincey was a brilliant cl...

Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869

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Anne Jackson Mathews, English actress. She was the second wife of the English comedian Charles Mathews. From the description of Anne Jackson Mathews manuscript material : 9 items, 1844-1854 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 745123701 Epithet: widow of Charles James Mathews British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000011 ...

Thackeray, Francis, 1793-1842

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Epithet: Reverend; biographer of Lord Chatham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000364 ...

Murray, Hester, Miss.

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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...