George Wiley Sherburn collection of letters and documents, 1655-1834.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

George Wiley Sherburn collection of letters and documents, 1655-1834.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79390026

This is a mixed collection of manuscript materials, and primarily concerns England in the 18th century. Includes letters from Henry Saint-John Bolingbroke and George Colman to various correspondents. There are also manuscripts by unidentified authors in English and French.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

eng,

fre,

lat,

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8227912

Houghton Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Harvard University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n9x97 (person)

Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Sherburn, George, 1884-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m3338d (person)

Sherburn (1884-1962) taught English at Harvard and was known primarily for his scholarship on Alexander Pope. From the description of George Wiley Sherburn collection of English ballads, songs and poems, ca. 1700-1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390347 From the description of George Wiley Sherburn collection of letters and documents, 1655-1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390026 From the guide to the George Wiley Sherburn collection ...

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v5w0d (person)

Henry St. John Bolingbroke was born in Battersea in 1678. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He married the daughter of Sir Henry Winchcomb. After entering parliament in 1701, he devoted himself to politics, joined the Tory party, and soon made himself prominent as an orator. In 1710, he was made Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1712, he was called to the House of Lords by the title of Viscount Bolingbroke. In 1724 he returned to England, but after being blocked from a political futur...

Sherburn, George, 1884-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m3338d (person)

Sherburn (1884-1962) taught English at Harvard and was known primarily for his scholarship on Alexander Pope. From the description of George Wiley Sherburn collection of English ballads, songs and poems, ca. 1700-1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390347 From the description of George Wiley Sherburn collection of letters and documents, 1655-1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390026 From the guide to the George Wiley Sherburn collection ...

Colman, George, 1762-1836 ,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms3sx3 (person)

George Colman (1762-1836) was a British dramatist and, since July 1789, manager of the Haymarket Theatre. From the description of Letter by George Colman to Robert William Elliston, 1802. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 82677104 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129692 From t...