Box |
Person Named and Contents |
Date |
11 |
Haldeman, Jacob M.
Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to Eliza E. Haldeman, Harrisburg,
Pa.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 41 cm folded to 25 x 21 cm
ALS. Writes to his wife while in Philadelphia on legal business. States
that he is "compleatly tired of the city . . . there is some prospect
of Mr. Beech's cause being tried on Tuesday next." Also, remarks
of his profession, "There is such an uncertainty, in law, lawyers,
and courts, want of candour, and I fear want of principle in many of the
attornies, which makes it difficult for clients to know often, what to
do, or how to act."
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1819 Oct 23 |
11 |
Haldeman, Jacob M.
Letters: Pittsburgh, Pa., to Mrs. Eliza E. Haldeman, Harrisburg,
Pa.; Harrisburg, to Mrs. Eliza E. Haldeman, Pittsburgh; Henry Haldeman,
Locust Grove, to Mr. Jacob Haldeman, Harrisburg
3 items (2-3 p. on double sheet)
3 ALS. First letter to wife discusses his travels through Pennsylvania
and hopes that "John and Jacob are good boys and go to school every
day." Second letter to his wife, discusses more travels. Letter from
Haldeman's brother Henry, discusses a recent visit to the home of their
parents, whose health is failing, and the sale of a mill.
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1828 Jul 1 - 1837 Sept 23
|
11 |
Haldeman, Eliza E.
Letters: Harrisburg, Pa., to Susan Haldeman, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 items (1-3 p. on double sheet)
2ALS. Two letters to daughter Susan discuss family matters, grades, bills,
and the like.
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1825 Mar 15 - 1845 Jul 26
|
11 |
Haldeman, Susan
Letters: Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs. Eliza E. Haldeman, Harrisburg,
Pa.
2 items (2 p. on double sheet) ; 26 x 41 cm folded to 26 x 21 cm
2 ALS. To her mother, describes her new school in Philadelphia and mentions
friends with whom she has visited. Second letter discusses more activities,
including attendance at a "bachelor's ball."
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1827 Nov 2 - 1842 Mar 21 |
11 |
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 (British Naval Officer and Author)
Letter: Edinburgh, to Mr. Ackermann, publisher, 1764-1834, London
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 38 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Proposes that Ackermann publish a Spanish translation of extracts
from his journals written while off the coasts of Mexico, Peru, and Chile.
"I am still of the opinion that you would find your purpose well
answered in South America by a translation of the whole of my book."
|
1824 Nov 14 |
11 |
Hall, E. B.
Letter: Providence, R.I., to Rev. J. H. Morrison, New Bedford,
Mass.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Invitation for meeting.
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1839 Jul 23 |
11 |
Hall, Lucy
Legal document: Guilford, Conn.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
DS. Signed by Timothy Stone and witnessed by Nathaniel Hill, his clerk,
this document names Lucy Hall as executor of the deceased Justus Hall's
estate.
|
1756 Dec 16 |
11 |
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889 (Editor of the Art Journal)
Letter: London, to "Sir"
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 20 x 29 cm folded to 20 x 15 cm
ALS. "The print you allude to was one of many--certainly not the
best--I introduced from the 'Agnado Gallery.' I will attend to your suggestion
relating to prints in sepia."
|
[18--] Nov 12 |
11 |
Halsey, William, 1770-1843
Letter: Newark, N.J., to Col. Jonathan Rhea, Trenton, N.J.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 26 x 42 cm folded to 26 x 21 cm
ALS. Discusses some matters of business as well as of gossip. Also asks:
"What think you of the non-intercourse Bill? I think should it take
place, there would soon be the D---l to pay in the East. The quotas of
malitia [sic] to be held in readiness is with a view of ordering the people
into submission--but the Yankees are not to be frightened with rifles.
But of all the calamities which await us may the Lord of his infinite
mercy deliver us from a civil war."
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1808 Nov 26 |
11 |
Hamilton, Andrew, ca. 1676-1741
Writ: Philadelphia, Pa., to Charles Read
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 30 x 19 cm
ADS. Legal document requiring sale of property in Philadelphia to offset
the debts of Theodorus Hodgson. Note by Sheriff Charles Read certifies
that sale was made and that money will be rendered "as by the within
writt I am Commanded."
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1729 Jun 7 |
11 |
Hamilton, George
Bond: to Turbutt Wright
1 item (1 p.)
ADS. "Know all men by these Presents that I George Hamilton . . .
am held and firmly bound unto Turbutt Wright . . . in the full and just
sum of five hundred and sixty Pounds five shillings and four pence."
Signed by both parties and witness Jonathan Baxter. On reverse is a memorandum
of changes made in the agreement.
|
1786 Mar 17 |
11 |
Hamilton, James A. Alexander, 1788-1878 (U. S. District Attorney for
New York State)
Letter: New York, N.Y., to Samuel Swartwout, 1783-1856
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm
ALS. Regarding the case of a vessel's cargo of sugar that has been fraudulently
loaded. "I have learned how I can punish all parties effectually
and probably put not a little money in your pocket if you are on the alert
and secret." Swartwout was a customs official who was accused of
embezzlement.
|
1831 Oct 6 |
11 |
Hammill, Daniel
Supply list: fragment
1 item (1 p.) ; 22 x 20 cm
ADS. Fragment of a supply list for Fort Montgomery. Signed by Daniel Hammill.
|
1777 Mar 2 |
11 |
Hancock, Richard
Autograph
1 item (1 p.)
ANS.
|
n.d. |
11 |
Hanwell & Hale
Letter: London, to Leigh Hunt, 1784-1859
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 20 x 25 cm folded to 20 x 13 cm
ALS. "We have been desired by Mr. Thomas Powell to deliver at your
residence 1 dozen of old Port . . . free of charge." Goes on to carefully
explain how the port should be stored.
|
n.d. |
11 |
Hardy, Florence Emily, 1881-1937
Letter: Max Gate, Dorchester, Dorset, to "Dear Mr. Squire"
(Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958)
1 item (1 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm
TLS. Responds in her husband Thomas's name regarding the proposed BBC
birthday tribute to him, saying that he is unable to participate for physical
reasons. "He is not ill, I am glad to say, but at times he feels
very weak." She comments on the program: "The congratulatory
address might be omitted; or if insisted upon, spoken of him in the third
person." In a postscript in her own hand, she adds "he has a
horror of anything that might seem self-advertisement."
|
1926 May 20 |
*11 |
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 (Author and Poet)
Letters: Max Gate, Dorchester, to Leon H. Vincent, 1859-1941, New York,
N.Y.; to Laurence Housman (3), 1865-1959; to
Stuart Alexander Donaldson, 1854-1915; to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1867-1962;
to A.E. Housman, 1859-1936.
8 items ; various sizes
8 ALS. Discuss a variety of topics, including requests for writings,
books read, travel plans, and thank-you notes. Also included is a folder
of miscellaneous Hardy material: copies of letters, funeral program,
etc.
|
1899 Feb 12 - 1914 Aug 9 |
11 |
Harris, Haggin
Letter: Louisville, Ky., to George Morrison Coates, Esq., Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Talks about the visit of a Mr. Maguire and his uncertainty regarding
a business plan. "Mr Maguire proposes, if he makes any arrangements
at all, to secure the whole amount of your debt . . . shall we accept
his proposal . . .?"
|
1849 Feb 3 |
11 |
Harris, Joseph
Letter: Herald Office, Gloucester, to James
Crowdy, Esq., Highworth, Wilts
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. "Sir, At the meeting of the Proprietors of this concern, convened
for to Day, there were present only Mess. Davis & Crome, by whom I
am directed to express their surprise that a fuller attendance did not
take place; and to appoint Wednesday Morning next for another meeting,
when it is hoped every Proprietor will be present, or name someone to
represent him on the occasion."
|
1810 Jun 13 |
11 |
Harrison, Carter H.
Letter: Clifton, Ind., to Thomas Randolph, Esq., Vincennes,
Ind.
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 41 cm folded to 25 x 21 cm
ALS. To his uncle, reports that his mother has just had a baby girl. Harrison
writes of other family news and his own desire to study law at William
and Mary College. "The study of the law is one in whose favour I
have always been prejudiced; but really I begin to fear that my labours
will be but ill rewarded, for the road to preferment in that profession
appears to me to be almost blocked up."
|
1811 Jul 18 |
11 |
Harrison, William Henry, 1795?-1878 (U. S. President)
Letter: Welwyn, Herts, to S.C. Hall, Esq., 1800-1889
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Thanks Hall "for the handsome little book you were kind enough
to send me."
|
1875 Dec 23 |
11 |
Hart, S. & Son
Receipts: D. M. Coxe, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 items (2 p)
2 Receipts for goods from S. Hart & Son, "Importer and Dealer
in all kinds of Fancy Articles, Stationery, and Perfumery."
|
1829 Oct 24 - 1836 Apr 27 |
11 |
Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944 (Art Critic)
Letters: Tujunga, Cal., and Detroit, Mich., to Mrs. Thomas Eakins,
Philadelphia, Pa.
5 items (together 4 p.) ; varying sizes
4 ALsS and 1 APcS. All letters contain hard-luck tales appealing to
her "generous disposition," i.e., to send him money. Folder
contains a 19 p. AMsS titled "Japanese Rhythms/Tanka, Haikai, and/Dodoistu
Form/ Adapted or/ Imitated by." Dated 1933 and inscribed "copied
by the author/ for Mrs. Thomas Eakins." Together with a photograph
of himself and John Burroughs. Also included are two additional folders
of Sadakichi Hartmann material, including typed fundraising appeals
from his daughter and newspaper articles.
|
1931 Jan 19 -1933 May 10
|
11 |
Hartmann, Sadakichi
Letter: New York, N.Y., to Thomas Eakins, 1844-1916
1 item
ALS. Discusses experiences at the Whitman Fellowship Dinner. "I didn't
want to but somehow was persuaded" to attend.
|
1898 Nov 21 |
11 |
Hassall, John, 1868-1948 (Artist)
Letter: London, to [Grant] Richards, 1872-1948
1 item (2 p. on 1 leaf) ; 25 x 21 cm
ALS. Thanks Richards for sending him payment for "the V.A.D. cover"
and asks for a copy of the book to add to his collection.
|
1918 Feb 20 |
11 |
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 (Painter)
Letters: London, to assorted correspondents
28 items ; various sizes
28 ALS. Correspondence covers a variety of topics: books, art, friends,
family, requests for materials, etc. Also included is an additional
folder of miscellaneous material on Benjamin Haydon: newspaper clippings,
exhibition lists, promissory notes, copies of sketches etc.
|
1814 Sept 5-1843 Mar 25 |
11 |
Haydon, Benjamin Robert
Letters: London, to unidentified correspondents
8 items ; various sizes
8 ALS. Corrspondence concerning his art and unruly creditors.
|
1823 Apr 1 - 1843 Sept 19 |
12 |
Haynes, George
Letter: Swansea, Wales, to Henry W. Physick, Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 24 x 36 cm folded to 24 x 18 cm
ALS. Haynes sends his regards to his son-in-law's family and news of the
various business transactions in which he is involved. He mentions receiving
a letter from Henry's brother Philip Syng Physick "which informed
me that he now enjoys his studies in London at a Lying Hospital.
I hope to see him here."
|
1789 Oct 4 |
12 |
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871 (British Painter)
Letter: Woburn Abbey, to Nathaniel Ogle
1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 24 x 38 cm folded to 24 x 19 cm
ALS. Thanks Ogle for inquiring about his health and for inviting him to
Southampton for a visit. Hayter also comments on a book, "it is one
of the most interesting novels I ever read."
|
1824 Aug 1 |
12 |
Hayter, George, Sir (recipient)
Letter: to "Dear Sir"
3 items
AL. Fanmail "thanking you, and assuring you that he who helps to
make the world to laugh covers a multitude of sins." Also includes
an autograph of Hayter and an envelope (no letter attached).
|
1861 Sept 24 - n.y. Oct 15 |
12 |
Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 (Essayist and Critic)
Letters: to "Gentlemen"; Salisbury, to "My dear
Sir"; London, to an unidentified correspondent
3 items; assorted sizes
3 ALS. First letter responds to a request that he pay his bills. "I
have only to say that I hope this [non-payment] will not long be the case,
as I have got to work again as usual (after an interruption of half a
year). The instant I have the money at command, I shall take up the bills."
Second letter states "I apply to you again . . . for a book to go
on with my work, viz. Gorgaud's [sic] account of the battle of Waterloo
or campaign of 1815." Third letter written in third person, declares
"W. Hazlitt presents his compliments to Mr. Pearson & begs leave
to acknowledge the receipt of his obliging letter & to thank him for
the favourable opinion expressed in it."
|
[1823 Feb] - [1830?] Apr 4 |
12 |
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833 (Book Collector)
Letter: to "My dear Sir"
1 item (2 p. on 1 leaf) ; 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Heber writes that he would like to meet before his correspondent
leaves England.
|
1822 Jul 9 |
12 |
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 (German Poet)
Letter: Hamburg, to Jeanette Goldschmidt
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm
ALS. "I hope, Madam, that you will be well again when these lines
reach you. Now I feel bad; although I am able to speak, everything I say
comes out bitter, because everything I perceive is obscure. In a word:
I am out of my mind. The young man, Dr. Schiff, about whom I told you,
came to me today. I straight away encouraged him to see you and to give
you my best wishes."
|
1827 Feb |
12 |
Heine, Heinrich
Letter: Paris, to Johann Georg Kastner, 1810-1867, Paris
1 item (1 p.) ; 21 x 27 cm folded to 11 x 14 cm
ALS. Written shortly before Heine's journey to Hamburg. Reveals that Heine
had to raise money for this journey from friends in Paris. "Please
give the hundred francs I mentioned to the deliverer to take with (him)."
|
1843 Oct 12 |
12 |
Heine, Heinrich
Letter: Munich, to Johann Friedrich von Cotta, 1764-1832
1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm
ALS. Written to the founder of the great publishing house of Stuttgart,
for whom Heine worked as co-editor of the Neue Allgemeine Politische
Annalen. Promises to contribute "something far better and more
interesting soon." Asks Cotta to send to London for a copy of Hazlitt's
Napoleon. Also mentions Washington Irving's Columbus and
Leigh Hunt's Life of Byron. Also included is a folder of miscellaneous
material concerning Heinrich Heine, including: financial matters; xeroxed
copies of letters; two photographs of family members; one letter of Salomon
Heine, his uncle, regarding business matters; and four letters from Carl
Heine, Heinrich's cousin, to various correspondents.
|
1828 Mar 14 |
12 |
Heine, Heinrich
Poem: "Frau Fortuna"
1 item (1 p.) ; 27 x 21 cm
AMs. Draft of a twelve-line poem, first published in Neue Gedichte
in 1844.
|
1843 |
12 |
Heine, Salomon, 1767-1844 (Uncle of Heinrich Heine)
Letter: Hamburg
1 item (1 p.) ; 28 x 22 cm
Printed form letter. Announces that his cousin Herman Heine "by his
own wish and with friendly agreement" leaves the firm. States that
Adolph Gottschalck is to be his replacement. Signed by all three.
|
1852 Jul 1 |
12 |
Henkels, Stanislaus Vincent, 1854-1926
Letters: Philadelphia, Pa., to William
C. Sproul, 1870-1928, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 items (2 p. on 2 leaves) ; 28 x 22 cm
2 TLsS. In the first letter, Henkels writes to the former Governor of
Pennsylvania that a scrapbook of signatures of the Governors of Pennsylvania,
which he had purchased for Sproul, has been stolen by "some long
haired prohibitionist." In the second, the book has been recovered
and sent on to Sproul.
|
1924 May 10 -May 22 |
12 |
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903 (Poet)
Letter: Edinburgh, to George Clausen, 1852-1944
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Thanks Clausen for a letter and a sketch. "There is some Whitman
in the form, but much more Heine - the Heine of the Nord-See rhythms.
Whitman was a great moral influence, but not an influence in art, with
me."
|
[ca. Dec 1888] |
12 |
Henry, James A.
Autograph
1 item (1 p.)
ANS. Autograph preceded by a quote from economist Henry George, 1839-1897:
"The question today is shall the republic live?"
|
1896 Nov 3 |
12 |
Henry, William
Letters: Wyoming, Pa., to "Dear Selden"; Wyoming,
Pa., to Ellen and Jane Henry
2 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 39 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
2 ALS. Selden letter describes his reaction and that of his family upon
hearing that his son, William, had been wounded in battle. Closes by noting
that "all sorts of rebels are discomfitted, seeing that Abe Lincoln
is most likely to be re-elected again by overwhelming majorities."
Letter to Ellen and Jane reports that he has received a brief note from
their brother, on his way to battle at Manassas Junction. Anxiously asks
for news of another family member, Joseph. Reports that the family farm
is running smoothly.
|
1861 Jul 22 - 1864 Jun 11 |
12 |
Henry, William
Letter: Detroit, Mich., to William Henry
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 21 x 26 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm
ALS. Writes to his cousin regarding a disputed inheritance. "I find
out that you are one of the Heirs of James Henry that died in Detroit
in 1815. I have been about two years looking up this affair and I find
out that we as Heirs have been wronged out of what we should honestly
have."
|
1837 Jul 4 |
12 |
Henry, William, Jr. (recipient)
Letters: from "Your Friend," Elizabeth, N.J.; Joseph A. Scranton,
Andover, Ma.; William Henry, Sr., Wyoming, Pa.
6 items (together 11 p.) ; 28 x 22 cm and smaller
5 ALsS and 1 ADS. Correspondence to and from his father and others on
a number of topics. Included is a promissory note for $200 from his
father, letters discussing business transactions, and one which mentions
the effects of the Civil War on a friend's business. Also included is
a folder containing various invitations, requests for military leave,
and several copies of photographs of Henry in military uniform.
|
1855 Mar 3 - 1864 Nov 12 |
12 |
Hewlett, Maurice Henry, 1861-1923 (Author)
Letter: London, to William H. Rideing, Esq., 1853-1918
1 item (2 p. on 2 leaves) ; 23 x 18 cm
ALS. Discusses controversial scenarios in his The Queen's Quair,
a historical novel about Mary, Queen of Scots.
|
1912 Jul 23 |
12 |
Heyes, Oliver
Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to Mahlon Dickerson, 1770-1853, Washington,
D.C.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
ALS. Asks Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy, to grant him a discharge.
"I enlisted while in a state of intoxication through the persuasion
of persons around me. I regret very much the step I have taken."
|
1836 Dec 21 |
12 |
Hibbard, Caleb
Document: "The King v. Caleb Hibbard, Indictment,"
Chester, Pa.
1 item
ADS. November session indicts Hibbard (as an overseer of the highway for
the Township of Willistown) for neglecting to maintain a public road from
Middle Ferry on the Schuylkill to Ship Tavern on the Conestoga Road, and
on to the Village of Strasburg. "Altogether neglected and yet do
neglect and refuse, whereby the Liege Subjects, of our said Lord the now
King are prevented from and deprived of the use of the said Publick Road
or Kings Highway in, through and along the same in the Township afs. to
the great damage and common nuisance of all the Leige [sic] Subjects of
our said Lord the now King who, in, through and along the same Public
Road or Kings Highway have Occasion to Pass and Repass, and against the
Peace of our said Lord the now King his Crown and Dignity." Signed
by Richard Fawkes, James Hunter, Samuel Caley, witnesses, sworn by Richard
Riley.
|
1771 Nov 10 |
12 |
Higginbotham, John
Indenture: Catherine Higginbotham to Isaac Cochran, County of
Delaware (Pa.)
1 item (1 p.) ; 33 x 21 cm
DS. Higginbotham indentures his 6-year-old daughter, Catherine, to Isaac
Cochran, for the next 11 years, in which she is "to learn the Art,
Trade, and Mystery of Housewifery." Signed by Cochran, Higginbotham,
his daughter (with an "x"), and the Justice of the Peace .
|
1834 Mar 7 |
12 |
Hill, Gilbert
Letter: London, to Messrs. Dalziel Brothers
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. "I send by bookpost my two last R. A. Lectures begging you
to print these consecutively with the others."
|
1866 Feb 8 |
12 |
Hilton, William, 1786-1839
Letter: London, to William Pickersgill; to Thomas Wilson, Newark,
Notts
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
ALS. Regarding Pickersgill's recommendations for 2 students seeking admission
to the Royal Academy, Hilton writes: "You have . . . omitted to state
your knowledge of their moral habits, without which I cannot lay their
Drawings before the Council." Second letter thanks Wilson for inscription
plate made for one of Hilton's paintings.
|
1835 Jan 1 - 1838 Nov 21 |
12 |
Hirst, Henry Beck, 1813-1874 (Author and Diplomat)
Letters: Philadelphia, Pa., to John Sartain, Esq., 1808-1897, Philadelphia,
Pa.
3 items (together 7p.) ; 25 x 19 cm and smaller
2 ALsS and poem. First letter asks for the return of his poem "Brunhilda"
if not accepted, which Sartain had submitted to Abraham Hart. Second
letter concerns a note he had received from Stoddart and asks that the
money draft be brought to him: "The friendship and good opinion
of men of Stoddart's stamp is always gratifying; always worth preserving."
Also asks that they may meet to clear up a misunderstanding. Included
in this folder is a sixty-five-line poem, beginning: "There let
me dwell," corrected in author's hand. Poem is probably unpublished.
Also the verso of one smaller sheet contains a draft of a legal agreement
drawn up by Hirst between Joseph P. Snowden and Samuel Driver, regarding
a machine for "slitting boards."
|
1850 Oct 17 |
12 |
Hobbs, H.
Letter: to Mrs. Boniface, New York, N.Y.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet)
ALS. The writer discusses various family matters.
|
1839 |
12 |
Hobbs, M.
Letter: Chichester, to Mary Boniface, "Passenger for New
York," Cowes, Isle of Wight
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 24 x 39 cm folded to 24 x 20 cm
ALS. Wishes her daughter safe passage as she and her family emigrate to
America.
|
1827 Sept 13 |
12* |
Hodgson, Ralph, 1871-1962 (Poet and Philosopher)
Letter: Minerva, Ohio, to Seymour
Adelman, 1906-1985, Philadelphia, Pa.
1 p. ; 26 x 21 cm
TLS. Sends thanks for the Albert Einstein cuttings. "I'll put them
in the envelope as they are with my early Lyrical Ballads, Moxon,
Keats and first Edinburgh Burns - one more of the human sublime, eternal,
whatever may happen to this planet." With a half-page typed note
by Hodgson's wife, Aurelia, regarding an article by Einstein.
|
1955 Apr 24 |
12 |
Holland, Henry Edward Vassall Fox, Baron, 1802-1859
(Diplomat)
Letter: London, to Leigh Hunt, 1784-1859
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm. folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Encloses the "testimony of appreciation upon your beautiful
Poem" which had been sent him by his friend (John Hookham Frere).
This friend wishes to testify to his admiration by sending Hunt a copy
of his own translation of Theognis "which the learned say is very
good."
|
n.d. |
12 |
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840 (Diplomat)
Letter: to Lady Bessborough, 1761-1821
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 36 cm folded to 23 x 18 cm
ALS. Thanks Lady Bessborough for her visit and writes amusingly of domestic
details.
|
n.d. |
12 |
Holme, James C. (subject)
Searches against James C. Holme: Philadelphia, Pa.
ADS. Asked to "certify whether any mortgages appear on record for
James C. Holme," a clerk in the Philadelphia records office certifies
that "no unsatisfied mortgage" has been recorded for Holme
in the past five years. Included are certificates of three searches
conducted against Holme.
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1833 Jan 3 |
12 |
Holmes and Spain
Letter: Southampton, to William
Crowdy, Esq., Highworth, Wilts
1 item (2 p. on double sheet)
TL / AL. Form letter advising recipient on upcoming election, and rallies
for support for Sir George Thomas Staunton and Sir John Ackworth Ommanney.
Includes a handwritten postscript discussing travel methods to get to
the polling office.
|
1837 Jul 24 |
12 |
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 (Author)
Letter: Boston, Mass., to Benjamin Eddy Cotting, 1812-1897,
Roxbury, Mass.
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Provides an outline of a talk he is to give on British poets, including
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron.
|
[18--] Mar 15 |
12 |
Holmes, Richard C.
Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to
Joseph and Coleman F. Leaming, New York, N.Y.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 19 x 40 cm folded to 19 x 20 cm
ALS. Invites his cousins to his upcoming wedding.
|
1840 Nov 25 |
12 |
Holmes, Roswell (subject)
Documents: Credit check of Roswell Holmes
4 items (4 p.)
ADS, TDS. First note requests a credit check for Roswell Holmes: "Please
to Certify whether any mortgages appear on Record from Roswell Holmes
on an apportioned yearly Ground Rent of $5.33 issuing out of a Lot of
Ground situate [sic] on the North side of Coats Street between Delaware
Front & Second Streets in the northern Liberties, since the first
day of November 1824." Enclosed are three certificates from local,
regional, and state courts certifying in the negative, and a final note
of Holmes' debt-free status.
|
1832 Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
12 |
Holt, Orrin, 1792-1855 (Congressman from Connecticut, 1836-1839)
Bank draft: Hon. W. P. Franklin, Clerk of House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
1 item (1 p.)
ADS. "Please pay to the order of Miss Blair River Eighteen Dollars
and Eighty one cents which is in full for papers under resolution of
the House and oblige your obt & humble servant, Orrin Holt."
|
1838 Jul 3 |
13 |
Hone, William, 1780-1842 (Author and Bookseller)
Letter: Ludgate Hill, to Vincent Novello, 1781-1861, Bedford
Square
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 38 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Promises to find a printer for a project developed by one of Novello's
friends.
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1820 Dec 8 |
13 |
Hone, William
Papers: relating to the trials of William Hone
54 items (together 76 p.) ; five total folders ; varying sizes
42 ALsS, 9 AMsS, and 3 DS. Hone, a writer and bookseller, was charged
and sent to trial on 3 counts stemming from his political and religious
parodies. He was aquitted of all charges. Papers include summons to trial,
lists of jurors annotated in Hone's hand, and letters from Hone requesting
reports on the trials. Bulk of the papers consists of correspondence from
supporters and contributors to a subscription set up in Hone's name.
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1817-1818 |
13 |
Hood, Jane Reynolds
Letter: to Mrs. S. C. Hall
1 item (3 p. on double sheet attached to larger sheet)
ALS. On behalf of her husband, Thomas Hood, thanks the recipient for an
earlier letter and for her kindness.
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[ca. 1844 Jan 1] |
13 |
Hood, Sam, Esq. (recipient)
Letter: Chanson Cottages, to Sam Hood, Esq., New Road
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. Encloses a letter that the recipient is to forward to Isaac Graham
and goes on to note that "I am anxious that it should reach him soon
as it has reference to the property that comes to us on the death of Mrs.
Cooke . . . of Dublin which event took place on the 18th January last."
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1831 Feb 14 |
13 |
Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845 (Poet)
Letter: St. John's Wood, to Laman
Blanchard, Esq., 1804-1845
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 19 x 23 cm folded to 19 x 12 cm
ALS. Because of ill health, Hood requests that Blanchard not stand on
ceremony about paying a visit. "The pleasure I have derived from
your writings makes it very gratifying to me to find that we are embarked
in the same craft, and hoping for your company, for my own sake, on a
long voyage."
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n.d. |
13 |
Hood, Thomas
Letters: to various correspondents
9 items; various sizes
9 ALS. Discuss sketchings, engravings, invitations, thank-yous, business
and personal matters.
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1830 - 1834
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13 |
Hooker, John
Letter: Springfield, Mass., to Jonathan Amory, Boston, Mass.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Discusses a deed for a mortgage and other business matters.
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1793 Sept 14 |
13 |
Hopkins, E. B.
Letter: Friends Asylum, to Samuel
Bettle
1 item (1 p)
ALS. Notes "after much deliberation, and . . . solid consideration,
I must again renew my request to be released from the duties of Matron
at Friends Asylum." Offers in detail reasons for request.
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1854 Sept 1 |
13 |
Horsfall, J.
Letter: London, to "Mr Piddington," Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (2 p on double sheet)
ALS. Requests that the recipient take him on as an apprentice.
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1850 Jun 13 |
13 |
Horstmann, William H., d. 1852
Receipt: Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (1 p.) ; 12 x 22 cm
ADS. Receipt for "7 1/2 yds. blue silk fringe" purchased for
$6.37.
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1826 Aug 30 |
13 |
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 1809-1885
(Statesman and Poet)
Letters: London, to Mr. Cohn; to "Mr. Dircy"; Bantry, Yorkshire,
to Leigh Hunt; London, to unknown correspondent
[Thornton Leigh Hunt?]; to "Dear Mr. Chambers"
6 items; various sizes
5ALS. Concerning Keats's correspondence and notes thanking recipients
for dinner invitations and a bust received as a gift. Also included
in this folder is an epitaph for Joseph Severn, beginning, "To
the Memory of Joseph Severn, devoted friend and death-bed companion
of John Keats."
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[1846] - [1879] |
13 |
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron
Letters: to Frederick Oldfield Ward; Washington, D.C., to Mr.
Pugh; London, to J.E. Robinson, London; Fryston, to [Richard Henry] Stoddard,
1825-1903; London, to "My dear Wilson"
5 items; various sizes
5 ALS. Letters include invitations to various social activities and discussion
of the sale of Keats' correspondence.
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1838 Feb - 1875 Nov 11 |
13 |
House of Commons Printing Office
Letter: London, to William
Crowdy, Esq., Highworth
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
TL. Offers subscription to "the Parliamentary Papers that may be
ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in the next Session of Parliament."
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1838 Dec 24 |
13* |
Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959 (Novelist and Dramatist)
Letters: Somerset, to A. Scott
2 items (together 2 p.)
2 ALS. Discusses poetry and the posthumous sale of books from A. E.
Housman's library.
This collection contains other letters addressed to Housman and his
brother, A. E. Housman. Correspondants include: J.M.
Barrie, Max Beerbohm, Thomas
Hardy, John Masefield, George
Bernard Shaw, and F. A. Simpson.
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1944 Mar 9 - 1945 Jul 19 |
13 |
Howarth, William
Letter: York, to Mr. Howarth "Near Hallifax"
1 item (1 p on double sheet)
ALS. "I ham very sorry that your trunk has not cum to your hand but
I sent hit the very day that you left york and I hope that you have receaved
hit befor now for the osler took hit hup to the tavern the nigh that you
left york and so hit Bookt."
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n. y. Aug 5 |
13 |
Howell, Isaac, 1722-1797
Letters: to the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Philadelphia,
Pa.
2 items (2 p. on 2 leaves) ; 16 x 24 cm and 23 x 24 cm
ALsS. Howell attempts to defend himself against accusations of being unfaithful
to Quaker principles as a result of his involvement with the Revolutionary
Committee. In the July 26 letter, Howell states that "finding I could
not continue to act therein consistent with our religious profession;
and in order to remove uneasiness from the Minds of my Bretherin I therefore
declined meeting them."
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1776 Jun 28 - Jul 26 |
13 |
Howell, Isaac
Documents: An Act to Provide for the Accommodation of the Congress
of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa.
3 items (3 p. on 2 leaves) ; 33 x 20 cm
ADsS. Documents discuss the building of an addition to Congress Hall.
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1796 Jan 18 |
13 |
Hoyle, Benjamin, ca. 1798-1875
Letter: Barnesville, Ohio, to Samuel
Bettle, Jr., 1809-1880, Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 32 x 39 cm folded to 32 x 20 cm
ALS. Long letter consisting primarily of religious musings. Contains a
description of concerns raised at the most recent Yearly Meeting, including
the "Slave Trade and Slavery with its Attendant Evils" and the
establishment of a school for Indian children on the Kansas River.
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1841 Sept 14 |
13 |
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (French Author)
Letter: Paris, to Edouard Plouvier, 1821-1876, Paris
1 item (1 p.) ; 28 x 21 cm folded to 14 x 21 cm
ALS. "Encore aujourd'hui, j'ai reçu votre dic[tionnaire?]
. . . vous ne venez jamais me voir, mais vous êtes toujours présent.
Merci de ces choses gracieuses. Je soûhais qu'elles soient vraies."
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18[?]5 Apr 20 |
13 |
Hunt, Charles
Letter: Charles Hunt to Myers Fisher, Esq.; Myers Fisher to
Charles Hunt
1 item (1 p.)
2 ALS. Hunt requests payment for William Hunt of five hundred dollars.
Also on sheet is Fisher's reply, dated on the same day.
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1799 Jul 23 |
13 |
Hunt, Henry (subject)
Printed Document: Portrait
1 item (1 p.)
Stipple engraving. Caption below Hunt's portrait reads, "Henry Hunt,
Esqr. Engraved by T. Woolnoth, from a Drawing taken in the Kings Bench
Prison the Morning after Judgement was given."
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1820 Jun 4 |
13 |
Hunt, Jonathan, 1787-1832 (Congressman from Vermont)
Letter: Washington, D.C., to Samuel Elliot, Esq., Brattleboro,
Vt.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
ALS. Hunt discusses the state of a tariff bill. "I think it will
be very difficult to obtain any bill that can be entirely satisfactory
to New England." Mentions other political matters, such as the upcoming
election: "The members from Kentucky have the strongest confidence
that that state will go for Mr. Adams."
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1828 Apr 3 |
13 |
Hunt, John Horatio Leigh, 1811 or 1812-1846
Letters: London, to "Sir"
2 items (together 4 p. on 2 leaves) ; 23 x 19 cm
2 ALsS. Letters beg for money to support himself and his family. In making
his case, he presents evidence such as "Illness has been a great
drawback . . . authors who have no name can neither get employment nor
can sell their M.S.S. . . . my poor wife, enceinte and consequently sickly,
is very ill."
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1843 May 10 - Jul 28 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: Wimbledon, to William Boutcher
1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm
ALS. "It is so rare a thing for me to receive thanks for autographs
. . . I cannot but express to you the pleasure which your second letter
has given me."
This collection contains many letters addressed to Hunt. Correspondants
include: Barry Cornwall, D***n**n,
Hanwell & Hale, Henry
Holland, Richard Houghton, Vincent
Hunt, Gaetano Polidori, Thomas
Powell, and John Hamilton Reynolds.
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[18--] Apr 17 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Major Calder Campell, 1798-1857
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm
ALS. Writes of his desire to meet with Campbell, at a time convenient
to him. "But come . . . let us talk of old books, & East &
West, the Arabian Nights, and that great poet, dear Keats, whom
I had the honour to call my friend, & whom you cannot love & honour
too much, whether as poet or good fellow."
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[18--] Apr 13 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881
1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 38 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Writes at length of his son Thornton and his impending visit to the
Carlyles in Scotland. He lists various books and magazines he is sending:
"The Last Essays of Elia, you know I dare say this is the
nom de guerre of Mr. Lamb . . . I will send you a new translation
. . . of Goethe's Faust . . . a treatise just published by Mr.
D'Israeli on the Spirit of Judaism - a subject which, as he is
of Jewish origin, it is to be supposed he may handle as much con amore,
as Cobbett does, con odio." He goes on to describe Cobbett's
animus against the Jews, and a recent incident involving a misunderstanding
with Francis Jeffrey.
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1833 Apr 5 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to John Chapman, 1822-1894
1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm
ALS. Leigh informs his correspondent that he "sent a letter to Dickens,
together with my little manuscripts, some of which have pleased him. I
have received from him ten pounds." Goes on to discuss other financial
matters.
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1851 Aug 17 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: Hammersmith, to Aubrey De Vere, 1814-1902
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Thanks him for a book of poems. Though he states that illness prevents
him from commenting on the book, he does write that "there must be
always poetry and beauty enough in what you write . . . It was very kind
of you to tell me what you do of Shelley, that I was not at all surprised
at it. 'Angel' was the title that awaited that truly divine-minded man,
wherever he took up his abode."
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[18--] Aug 26 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: Hammersmith, to William Bodham Donne, Esq., 1807-1882
1 item (2 p. on doublesheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Thanks Donne for his letter "in which you tell me of the pleasure
you received from the message . . . Mr. Gattie was so good as to take
charge of. I had expressed myself regarding you in the same manner . .
. to Colonel Phipps, who was the first person from whom I heard that the
vacant office had been filled up."
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1858 Apr 19 |
13 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: to Arthur Henry Hallam, 1811-1833
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm
ALS. "I have received the letter on the next leaf, together with
the accompanying enclosure, from Mr. Moxon."
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n.d. |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: Hampstead, to Francis Jeffrey, 1773-1850
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Sends his article to his editor along with apology for its great
length. He writes that he would much prefer to "select subjects
more exclusively critical & such as would allow me to spin out my
own thoughts."
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1816 Oct 11 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Francis Jeffrey, Edinburgh
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Refers to "this atrocious nonsense written about me in Blackwood's
Magazine, & that nothing can be falser than what is said respecting
my having asked & pestered Mr. Hazlitt to write an article upon
my poem in the Edinburgh Review." Goes on to describe a
letter he received upon the subject and relates his response.
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1817 Nov 29 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Francis Jeffrey, Edinburgh
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Asks if a change can be made in his article on Fairfax and gives
his reasons for the change. Writes of an assault against him, in which
he is deemed a "very respectable man in private but exceedingly ridiculous
in all other respects."
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1817 Dec 15 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: to Sir William Knighton, 1776-1836
1 item (1 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm
ALS. "Your servant tells me he is in a hurry; but I have only two
things to say - that you have relieved us all infinitely - & that
I am most truly your obliged and faithful servant."
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n. d. |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to David Masson, 1822-1907
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 14 x 18 cm folded to 14 x 9 cm
ALS. "Last night . . . I saw your kind introduction to my letter
in the Daily News.... You have put a memorandum into the consolatory,
or compensatory, or self-loving corner of my mind ... that will not easily
be forgotten."
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[1852] Apr 8 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letters: to Edward Moxon, 1801-1858, London
2 items (together 2 p.) ; 20 x 25 cm folded to 20 x 13 cm
2 ALsS. In his first letter, Hunt asks Moxon to receive his new landlady,
should she call on him, "for I cannot escape from a woman on these
occasions. The sex, in return for the good things I have said about them,
seem to haunt me in the shape of horrid lodging-house women." Second
letter asks Moxon to call on Hunt to discuss a pressing legal matter:
"Forster has been here twice in great emotion . . . could you oblige
me personally with a conversation between ourselves, before anything further
is done in the legal way?"
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[1833] Apr 5- [1835] |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Edward Moxon, 1801-1858, London
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 38 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. Returns letters and apologizes for not sending them sooner. Goes
on to state he wishes Moxon's "kind offices about the Committee to
be postponed until next week." He then writes that "I mentioned
something to you about the Lord Advocate of Scotland who wishes to talk
. . . respecting our affairs." Hunt states he is anxious "before
anything is settled . . . to know the object of his talk."
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[18--] Mar 13 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Poet, Essayist, and Critic)
Letter: Wimbledon, to "My dear Sir"
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 19 x 23 cm folded to 19 x 12 cm
ALS. "It has just struck me that my offer to Mr. Smith might be stated
thus - £50 for an article to that amount according to my rate of
payment from the Edinburgh Review, & £50 for the remainder of
the book." Also tells his correspondent that he has left his "little
blue book" at Hunt's home. "Will you come & fetch it next
Sunday?"
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1846 Aug 31 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: Great Marlow, Bucks, to [Vincent] Novello,1781-1861,
London
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm folded to 23 x 19 cm
ALS. A friend of Hunt's has asked him to write "to ask you when his
piano-forte is coming & whether you would be kind enough to expedite
it for him, if possible. I told him I am sure you would."
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1817 Apr 8 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letter: London, to Joseph Thomas
1 item (2 p.) ; 11 x 10 cm
AL. Written in the third person. "Mr. Leigh Hunt presents his compliments
to Mr. Thomas, & begs to know whether he could be permitted to purchase
the final number of his edition of the Arabian Nights before its
regular appearance on the first of the month . . . Mr. L.H. is writing
a review of the Arabian Nights in general, founded upon the new
editions, & wishes to read, among others, the essay of Mr. Moir Bussey."
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1840 Aug. 17 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh (recipient)
Letter fragments: from various correspondents
23 items (together 50 p.) ; varying sizes
23 ALsS. Letters to Hunt and his wife, Marianne, on literary matters,
referring to Hunt's poems and his book on Lord Byron, mentioning Landor,
Byron, and Moore. Correspondents include Archer Gurney, Edmund Larken,
and Eliza Newnham. Included is a fragment of a letter to Mrs. Shelley,
asking her for Hunt's address.
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1830 Sep 5-1854 Aug 26 |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Manuscript page
1 item (1 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm
AMs. Page 8 of a manuscript begins: "Sunshine. My melancholy indeed
as well as my mirth, originated in America" and ends "I have
been led into an exordium, which ought to have been followed by something
of apparently weightier character, than can easily be associated in
the general mind with the idea of a Sonnet; but luckily."
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n. d. |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Document: "Lines to Leigh Hunt on Reading his Lives of the
Italian Poets by his Cousin."
1 item (1 p.)
AD. Posthumous tribute to Hunt written by E. S. Swift.
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n.d. |
14 |
Hunt, Leigh
Letters and photographs
4s item (6 p.)
Transcribed copies of letters to Francis Jeffrey and Thomas Carlyle
that are included elsewhere in the collection. Also includes one postcard
depicting portrait of Leigh Hunt, and three photographs depicting his
home and tombstone.
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1817 Nov 29 - 1833 Apr 5 |
14 |
Hunt, Thornton Leigh, 1810-1873 (Journalist)
Letter: London, to "My dear Travis"
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm
ALS. Regrets having to break their appointment.
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[18--] Oct 3 |
14 |
Hunt, Vincent, 1823-1852
Letters: to Leigh Hunt
11 items (together 48 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm. and smaller
11 ALsS. Written by Leigh Hunt's youngest son, these letters reveal the
musings and reflections of an obviously sensitive young man on a variety
of persons, incidents, and activities. He writes of his deep affection
for his parents, describes his own private woes, his own attempts at writing,
and his reading.
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1843 May 4-1852 Jan 5 |
14 |
Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864 (Watercolorist)
Letters: London, to R. Crofts; London, to R.
H. Grundy
2 items ; 14 x 18 cm folded to 14 x 9 cm
2 ALS. Grundy letter discusses preparing a picture for delivery and states
that he will probably see Grundy at a "private view of the Old Water
Colour exhibition." Crofts letter asks a patron to come see a picture
that he has commissioned Hunt to draw. "Should you decide to have
the drawing the price will be one hundred and twenty pounds."
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[18--] Oct 12 [18--] Jan 18 |
14 |
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 (Painter)
Letters: Campam Hill, to "My dear Burnett"; Fulham,
S.W., to E. Landseer Grundy, Esq.
2 items
2 ALS. In letter to Burnett he states "I shall be delighted to come
on Thursday. I will come as early as my work and my journey . . . will
allow me." The letter addressed to Grundy states when and where his
painting "May Morning on Magdalen Tower" will be exhibited and
describes in detail his process in painting it.
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1874 Jul 3 - 1893 Jun 26 |
14 |
Hunter, M. H.
Letter: New Haven, Conn., to Joseph
F. Leaming, Princeton, N.J.
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
ALS. Hunter supplies information on female seminaries in New Haven, about
which Leaming has enquired for his sister. He also gives his opinions
on the merits of Yale University over those of Princeton: "[Yale]
is immeasurably the superior in every point I can think of. I am pleased
. . . beyond my highest anticipations."
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1835 Sept 16 |
14 |
Huntington, E. A.
Letter: Aubury, N. Y., to Peter Walker, Esq., Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. A note sent along with payment for the year's subscription to a biblical
reference periodical.
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1861 Jan 15 |
14 |
Huntington, E. A.
Letter: Albany, N.Y., to Rev. Cornelius Cuylor, Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (2 p.)
ALS. Huntington, also a clergyman, writes to Cuylor on behalf of a mutual
friend, Rev. David Proudfit. Writes that Proudfit's health is so bad that
he has been afflicted "with the Bronchitis in its severest form,
so that for months he was unable to speak even in a whisper." Asks
that Cuylor recommend Proudfit for a job so that he may help defray expenses
associated with treatment.
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1838 Jul 14 |
14 |
Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834 (Congressman of Connecticut, 1810-11,
1817-19)
Power of attorney: to John Kean
1 item (1 p.) ; 24 x 21 cm
ADS. Gives Kean power to receive a stock dividend now due Huntington.
Witnessed by his brother Samuel Huntington.
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1793 Aug 7 |
14 |
Huntington, Rev. Jay
Letter: Vermont, to P. Walker, Esq.
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. Subscribes to a periodical, and requests advertising.
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1857 Feb 17 |
14 |
Hurst, Charles
Document: "Executors of William Brownjohn v. Charles Hurst,
Judgement"
1 item (4 p. on double leaf)
ADS. Copy of contract between the two parties, in which Charles Hurst
agrees to repay nine thousand dollars in regular increments. On the following
pages of leaf are written receipts of each payment.
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1799 Feb 28 |
14 |
Hurst, H.
Letter: "Dear Cobbelt"
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. "I wish to see you and have a good laugh."
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n.d. |
14 |
Hutchinson, H. C
Letters: Retford and Welham, to John Taylor, 1781-1864, London
10 items (together 25 p.) ; varying sizes
10 ALsS. Written by Taylor's boyhood friend from Retford (Taylor's birthplace),
Hutchinson's letters describe encounters with mutual friends, his business
as bookkeeper in the town bank, trips in the environs, the minutiae of
land transactions, local politics, and the course of his engagement and
marriage. Long passages are given over to moralizing about the nature
of life and happiness, and to the discussion of books.
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1804 Aug 11-1848 Dec 26 |