Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801

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Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727069871

· To Messrs. Cadell & Davies, publishers : 1 autograph check signed : 4 Jun 1801 : (MISC 0987) : for £15.11.6 to go to George Longman; endorsed on the verso by Longman. · To Ozias Humphry, English miniature and portrait painter : 1 autograph letter signed : [1800] : (MISC 0986) : [no place] : begins, "This is such a miserable day that I hope you will excuse my not calling on you at the appointed hour ..." · To John Pinkerton, historian and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1789 : (MISC 0455) : from Queen Anne St. East : begins, "The Manuscripts which I bought from Mr. L. Davis contain a collection of poems by various authors, made in the time of Charles the First." With a red wax seal depicting a knight with spear and shield, and bearing the motto "Fidelis Ad Urn[am]." · To unidentified recipient[s] : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed to "Dear Sir" : 3 Feb 1789 : (MISC 0458) : [no place] : on the subject of a monument to Samuel Johnson; begins, "I find most of our committee are engaged on Sunday, and have therefore changed my day to Thursday the 9th ..."; along with a manuscript list in an unidentified hand (MISC 0456), with a heading "The Committee," listing Malone, Edmund Burke, and a few others. -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear Sir" : 5 Apr 1791 : (MISC 0457) : from Sackville Street, Dublin : also on the subject of a monument to Johnson; begins, "In consequence of your letter being address'd to my brother's house in the country, and returned from thence to this town, I did not receive it till this day ..."

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096525

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...

Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812

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Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826

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John Pinkerton(1758-1826), was a writer of numerous works including Scottish ballads and poems, although he was found to have forged some of the "ancient" pieces, which earned him notoriety as a literary impostor. He also wrote on geography, early Scottish history, as well as numismatics and medals which brought him to the attention of Horace Walpole, with whom Pinkerton corresponded until Walpole's death (1797). From the description of John Pinkerton letters, 1775 Dec 14-1815 Jan 31...