archives.nypl.org -- Frederick Marryat collection of papers (original) (raw)

• Collection Overview
• Biographical/historical information
• Scope and arrangement
• Administrative information
• Key terms
• Using the collection

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

Frederick Marryat was an English novelist and naval commander.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence by the author. The correspondence dates from 1830 to 1848, and includes letters to Lady Marguerite Blessington, Edward Howard, Edward Duncan Ingraham, and others. There are letters to Marryat from Thomas Moore from 1832.

The Frederick Marryat collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Key terms

Names

• [Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848](/controlaccess/9809?term=Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848)
• [Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849](/controlaccess/4423?term=Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849)
• [Howard, Edward, -1841](/controlaccess/16381?term=Howard, Edward, -1841)
• [Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup)](/controlaccess/5097?term=Howe, W. T. H. %28William Thomas Hildrup%29) (Former owner)
• [Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854](/controlaccess/16382?term=Ingraham, Edward D. %28Edward Duncan%29, 1793-1854)
• [Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852](/controlaccess/14449?term=Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852)
• [Young, Owen D., 1874-](/controlaccess/5210?term=Young, Owen D., 1874-) (Former owner)

Material types

• Correspondence

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.