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Watson-Taylor, George, 1771-1841

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George Watson-Taylor was the fourth son of George Watson. From 1810 he was the husband of Anna Susana Taylor, the daughter of Jamaican planter Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet. Suffixing his name with that of his wife's family, he would become the richest planter on Jamaica. He used the proceeds to purchase a house on Cavendish Square, Middlesex and Erlestoke Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, becoming the Liberal MP for Devizes, an ardent campaigner for the retention of slavery, and a renowned fine art...

Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825

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Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works deal with supernatural subject matter. His style had a considerable influence on many younger British artists, including William Blake....

Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...

Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832

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Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a French zoologist, paleontologist and historian of science. A committed empiricist, Cuvier opposed theories, arguing that scientists should limit themselves to describing. In zoology his work depended upon his dominant position at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, which was the largest scientific research institution of the era. French government expeditions brought specimens from distant lands to build its collections. Upon his arrival at the Museum Cuvier rearran...

Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, 1805-1875

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Philip Henry Stanhope was the 5th Earl Stanhope. He was also known as Lord Mahon. He was a historian and was the author of History of the war of the succession in Spain (London: J. Murray, 1832) and History of England (London: J. Murray, 1836-1854). From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122591081 ...

Guizot, François, 1787-1874

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) was a French historian and statesman. A constitutional monarchist, he was one of the most significant politicians during Louis Philippe's July Monarchy, holding various offices including Minister of Education (1832-1837) and Prime Minister (1847-1848). He was forced to resign from politics during the Revolution of 1848 and afterward focused on his work as a historian. From the guide to the François Guizot Letter, 1848, (Special Collection...

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

Wise, Thomas, 1670 or 1671-1726

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Epithet: merchant of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0003ac Epithet: Merchant of London; of Stowe MS 204 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00005d ...

Royal Mint

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Longman, William, 1813-1877

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William Longman, English publisher. He was the younger son of Thomas Norton Longman (1771-1842), and the brother of Thomas Longman (1804-1879), both of whom were his business partners at the Longman & Co. publishing firm. From 1838-1841 the company's imprint was "Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans"; from 1842-1850 it was "Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans" (cf. Maxted's London book trades). From the description of William Longman manuscript material : 10 items, 1839-1844 (...

Richmond, Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of, 1791-1860

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English lieutenant-colonel and M.P. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : "Goodwood" [Sussex] and [London], to Mr. Smith and unidentified recipients, 1828 Dec. 15, 1832 June 23 and [no year] Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860246 ...

Callcott, Augustus Wall, 1779-1844

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Born in Kensington, 1779; student of the Royal Academy, and began to paint portraits under John Hoppner, successfully exhibiting a portrait of Miss Roberts at the Royal Academy, 1799; his preference at this time was for landscapes, and after 1804 exhibited only these for a number of years; elected an associate member of the Royal Academy, 1806; elected a full member of the Royal Academy, 1810; married Maria Graham, a well-known author of the day, and visited Europe (including Italy for the first...

Nicol, George

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Epithet: of Add MS 36594 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0002be Epithet: Secretary, British Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0002c0 Epithet: of Add MS 33977 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860

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Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000111 British general and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the Duke of Wellington, 1841 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587479 ...

Peacock, M.

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Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850

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Portrait painter. From the description of Letter : London, to unknown correspondent, 1830 Feb. 26. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28274934 Irish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cavendish Square [London], to Henry Fuseli, 1824 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662407 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Cavendish Square [London], to Sir William Addington, 1800 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Peel, Robert, 1788-1850

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Sir Robert Peel, second baronet, British Prime Minister from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and also from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. From the guide to the Robert Peel manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1822-1835?, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) British statesman, of Tamsworth, Staffordshire, Eng. From the description of Correspondence, 1816-1864 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record i...

Smith, Edward

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Epithet: of Moorfields House, near Bristol British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000321 Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0002f9 Epithet: MD, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00031c Epithet: o...

Cleveland, William Harry Vane, Duke of, 1766-1842

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Cattle raiser James Travis Cleveland lived in Independence and Gonzales, Texas. In the 1850s, Cleveland traveled through Mexico to California in search of gold, and after returning to Texas, he served as the secretary of a local stock raisers association in the 1860s. During the Civil War, Cleveland fought in Hood’s Texas Brigade, Fifth Texas Infantry Regiment, Company C, under the command of Stephen Heard Darden. He was the brother of William H. Cleveland, the husband of Rachel H. Cleveland, an...

Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867

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Epithet: afterwards Stanhope; actress; wife (1831) of Charles 4th Earl of Harrington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0002a5 Maria Foote (1797?-1867), Maria Stanhope, Countess of Harrington, British actress. She married Charles Stanhope, fourth earl of Harrington, in 1831. From the description of Letter by Maria Foote to Mr. John Fawcett, 1827. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bota...

Hawkins, Edward, 1780-1867

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Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum. From the description of Letter, 1847 Feb. 8. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80587568 ...

Williams, Thomas

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Epithet: of Marylebone Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000272 Epithet: musician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000029 Thomas Williams, gentleman, lived at Nantcyll Ganol in the parish of Bangor, Gwynedd. From the guide to the Thomas Williams's Will, 1852 August 22, (Bangor University) ...

Croly, George, 1780-1860

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George Croly, English writer and clergyman. He worked for and contributed to several newspapers and literary magazines throughout his lifetime. Croly's poetry, such as his Paris in 1815, often appropriated a Byronic style, infusing it with tory politics. From the description of George Croly manuscript material : 1 item, 1840 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 154232624 George Croly, English writer and clergyman. He worked as a theatre critic for The Times and the...

Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854

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British actor, theater manager, and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Dickens, 1854 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485468 Charles Kemble (1775-1854) was a British actor and younger brother of John Philip Kemble. From the description of Letter by Charles Kemble to Alexander Murray, 1823. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80909948 Irish-English actor....

Mackenzie, Robert Shelton

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00008b ...

Christie, James, 1773-1831

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English antiquary and auctioneer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified correspondent, 1826 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623060 James Christie the younger. Epithet: antiquary and auctioneer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000133 ...

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

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Allan Cunningham was a Scottish author. Trained as a stonemason, he made a name for himself by passing off his own poetry as a collection of traditional Scottish ballads. As a professional man of letters, he had diverse interests, writing plays, novels, short stories, collecting and editing anthologies, and writing biographies and other nonfiction, but was probably most successful as a poet. From the description of Allan Cunningham letters, 1825-1839. (Pennsylvania State University L...

King, J.

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Epithet: of Add MS 35745 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00006d Epithet: of Add MS 15496 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00006c ...

Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859

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Thomas Butt was a university friend of Henry Hallam and vicar of Trentham Church near Stoke in Trent from 1805-1841. He was the great-grandfather of Mrs. F.W. Robinson. From the description of Letter, 1834 Sep 11 [manuscript]: to Thomas Butt. 1834. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62545093 Henry Hallam, English historian. From the guide to the Henry Hallam manuscript material : 6 items, ca. 1834-1848, (The New York Public Library. Carl ...

Trotman

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Scott, Lady (Caroline Lucy), 1784-1857

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Epithet: widow of Admiral Sir G Scott; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x0003dd ...

Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827

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English painter and patron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dunmow, to W.L. Bowles, 1808 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622246 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coleorton, to Robert Southey, 1809 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622189 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haverhill, to W.L. Bowles, 1803 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622356 From the description of Autograph lett...

Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of, 1751-1837

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Patron of the arts. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Petworth, to George Romney, 1795 Nov. 15 and [no year] Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743257 ...

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855

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Mitford was an English author and dramatist. From the description of Letters to various correspondents, 1826-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374161 From the guide to the Mary Russell Mitford letters to various correspondents, 1826-1854., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Mary Russell Mitford was an English poet, playwright, and short-story writer. From the description of Mary Russell Mitford collection of ...

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). ...

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833

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Sutherland was the second Marquis of Stafford from 1803 until he was created Duke of Sutherland in 1833. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Lord Stafford, Cleveland House, London, to Edmund Kean [manuscript], 1819 March 7. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281558263 English statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Sir William Hamilton, 1790 Jun. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705752...

Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829

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English physician and natural philosopher. From the description of Papers, 1817-1829. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007362 Epithet: natural philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00030a English chemist. From the description of Letter, 1810 May 22, to John MacMurray. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644626 From the description of Autograph lette...

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, (...

Lance, George, 1802-1864

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to S. C. Hall, 1844 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846368 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1863 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596697 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1848 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595886 ...

Halifax, Charles Wood, Viscount, 1800-1885

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1826 Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby; 1831 Member of Parliament for Wareham; 1832-1865 Member of Parliament for Halifax; 1832 Joint Secretary to the Treasury; 1835 Secretary to the Admiralty; 1846-1852 Chancellor of the Exchequer; 1852-1855 President of the Board of Control; 1855-1858 First Lord of the Admiralty; 1856 GCB; 1859-1866 Secretary of State for India; 1865 Member of Parliament for Ripon; 1870-1874 Lord Privy Seal. Epithet: statesman Title: 1...

Hall, J.

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Epithet: of Wratting Park, county Cambridgeshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000201 ...

King, Thomas William, 1801-1872

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Epithet: FSA, York Herald British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0000ea ...

Law, William John, 1786-1869

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Epithet: Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors Court British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000151 Epithet: Commissioner of Bank-ruptcy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000150 ...

Smith, Horace, 1779-1849

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Co. D., 21st Mississippi Regiment. From the description of Letters to his mother and sisters, of "Elmsley", near Woodville, Miss. [manuscript] : half of them written from Field of action in Co. D., 21st Mississippi Regiment, April 1862-Sept. 1863, 1854-1863. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966276 Author and businessman Horace Smith was born in London to an educated, well-to-do family; he was educated at home and at the Chigwell School and the Albert House Ac...

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855

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Cockerell, C.R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863

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British architect. From the description of C. R. Cockerell architectural drawings and notes, 1816-ca. 1835. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145989629 From the description of Charles Robert Cockerell sketchbook leaves, ca. 1819-ca. 1822. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84441275 English architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Savile Row, to an unidentified artist, 1824 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865

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Eastlake family: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, painter, secretary of the Fine Art Commission, president of the Royal Academy of Arts, director of the National Gallery; his wife, Elizabeth, authoress, art historian; and his nephew, Charles Locke Eastlake, author, keeper of the National Gallery. From the description of Correspondence of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake and family, 1833-1896. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80460845 English painter and keeper of the Natio...

Kelly

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0002c3 ...

Field, Barron, 1786-1846

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Judge, Supreme Court of NSW, 1816-1825. Author of "First fruits of Australian poetry" (1819), the first book of poems published in Australia, and editor of and contributor to "Geographical memoirs on New South Wales" (1825). From the description of Letter, Harcourt Buildings, Temple, [London] to D. Coates [manuscript]. 1825 Nov. 15. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225849741 ...

Elford, William, Sir, 1749-1837

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Epithet: of Add MS 38271 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000034 Epithet: banker Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000032 Epithet: MP for Plymouth Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manus...

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855

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British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...

Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter in third person not signed : Belgrave Place [London], to an unidentified lady, n.d. [before 1835]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621807 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Belgrave Place [London], to John William Vaughan, 1821 July 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622047 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Edwin Landseer, 1836 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Miller, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 37879 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0000f0 Epithet: of the Bahamas Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0000f4 Epithet: American bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0000e4 Epithet: Lie...

Anderson, J. M. (James McMurry), 1926-

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Epithet: of Strathbogie, Officer to Lord Huntley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x0003c9 James Anderson was born on 15 January 1812 in Calcutta, India. In 1831, he left Britain to join the Hudson's Bay Company as an apprentice, later serving as a chief factor in charge of the Mackenzie River District between 1851 and 1855. In 1855, he was invited to lead the British Franklin Search Expedition [Hudson's ...

Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of, 1782-1859

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1st Earl of Ripon and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. From the description of Correspondence, 1832-1833. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17974112 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Newby Hall, Ripon, to Thomas Carlyle, 1854 Aug. 24 and 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655155 ...

Darling, George, 1782?-1862

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0002ca ...

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...

Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of, 1751-1837

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Patron of the arts. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Petworth, to George Romney, 1795 Nov. 15 and [no year] Jul. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743257 ...

John Lough

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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852

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English field marshal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jameson Tennent, 1835 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856519 British statesman and army officer. From the description of Papers, 1819-1904; (bulk 1819-1850). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273724 British general and statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : to Messrs. Jones & Co., 1806 Feb. 25-1806 Mar. ...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Canning, George, 1770-1827

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and letters signed (2) : [London] to Robert Southey and various correspondents, 1811 June 17-1827 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Christ Church [Oxford], to Mr. Legge, 1793 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133346 British statesman and politician; Prime Minister, 10 April 1827 - 8 August 1827. From the descri...

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Beaumont, John, Sir, 1583-1627

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Epithet: 2nd son of Sapcote, 2nd Viscount Beaumont British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x0002e3 Epithet: Surgeon and Geologist, of Stone Easton, county Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x0002c3 Epithet: Master of the Rolls British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description :...

Stanley, Edward, 1791-1862

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Epithet: Reverend of Cockermouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x00003d Epithet: Sec to the Customs? British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0001f6 Epithet: MRCS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000245.0x00030a Epithet: of Add MS 382...

Peel, Julia

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Sir Richard Colt Hoare

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Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet (1758-1838), was born on 9 December 1758. He attended private schools, and at an early age began to work at the family banking-house. He obtained a position of financial independence with the help of an allowance received from his grandfather Henry Hoare, and established himself at Lincoln's Inn Fields, marrying in 1783. After the death of his wife in 1785, he embarked on tours of the continent. Hoare published works on his home county of Wiltshire, journals o...

Kendall

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Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863

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French painter and lithographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Versailles, 28 August 1840, to M. [Hector] Berlioz in Paris, 1840 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677983 French painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1812-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79720558 ...

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], being the name and address of W.Y. Otley [sic], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269605958 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Row [Leeds], to Thomas Lupton, 1839 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471360 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London?, to the Marquess of Stafford, 1816 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606160 ...

Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851

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Epithet: of Add MS 35118 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0000cd Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Norton (1786-1853) graduated from Harvard College in 1804, taught sacred literature as a professor, and authored numerous works on religious topics. From the description of Letters to Andrews Norton, 1827-1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84429823 From the guide ...

Allan, William, 1782-1850

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Scottish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Mr. Walter, 1846 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875299 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Sir John, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1844 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875300 ...

Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859

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English amateur musician. From the description of "Sinfonia No. 1" : autograph manuscript, 1851 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270941816 British army officer and diplomat. From the description of Papers, 1837-1876. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19646976 ...

Oliver, George, 1781-1861

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George Oliver was born February 9, 1781 at Newington, Surrey, England. He began his education at Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire and in 1796 attended Stonyhurst College. While at Stonyhurst Oliver made the acquaintance of John Milner, later bishop of Castabala, with whom he shared a love of antiquities. After completing his course of study at Stonyhurst he remained there for five years to teach humanities. Oliver was ordained as a priest in 1806 and placed in the former Jesuit ...

Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832

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German phrenologist. From the description of Note, undated [before 1832]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359621 George Combe was a phrenologist. From the guide to the George Combe Papers, [ca. 1822-1836], Circa 1822-1836, (American Philosophical Society) Spurzheim (Vienna, M.D. 1813) never practiced medicine but collaborated with Franz Joseph Gall between 1800 and 1813 on neuroanatomical research from which phrenology was conceived as a system ...

R. O. Hill

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Campbell, Andrew, 1950 August 3-

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0003c7 Epithet: Mint-Master of Calcutta British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0003c8 ...

Huxley

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Lewis, James

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Epithet: formerly Speaker of the Jamaica Assembly British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x0001b0 Epithet: of Ballybay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x0001b1 Biographical Note Marybille College Monthly Vol. XI MARYVILLE, TENN., DECEMBER, 1908 No. 2 ...

Lord Jeffrey was educated at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Oxford, became a lawyer and was M.P. for Edinburgh. He was a literary critic and with Sydney Smith and Henry Brougham founded the Edinburgh review, 1802, and was its editor for the next twenty-five years. From the description of F. Jeffrey letter to My dear Malthus, between 1805 and 1834? (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64190488 Jeffrey founded the Edinburgh Review in 1802 with Brougham and S...

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st baron, 1809-1885.

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W.A. Knight, 1885 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864121 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 9 Wilton Crescent, to W.A. Knight, [no year] June 23 or 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864132 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Fryston?], to W.A. Knight, [no year] Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864124 From the description of Autog...

Lord, Stanley, 1877-1962

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Captain Stanley Lord (13 September 1877 - 24 January 1962) was born in Bolton, Lancashire. After serving his apprenticeship with J. B. Walmsley & Co, Liverpool, from 1891-1896, he joined the West India & Pacific Steam Ship Company in 1897 as a third officer on the Barbadian . The company was taken over by the Leyland Line in 1899, which in turn became part of the International Mercantile Marine Company in 1902, as was the White Star Line. Lord obtained his master...

Wilson, Charles H. (Charles Heath), 1809-1882

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Epithet: Headmaster Glasgow School of Design British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00035a ...

Gretton, William, 1736-1813

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William Gretton (1736-1813) was Vicar of Saffron Walden and Rector of Littlebury, both in Essex. He became Archdeacon of Essex, 1795-1813, and was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. From the guide to the Weather tables with notes on the flora and fauna of Littlebury, Essex, 1773, (Barking and Dagenham Archive and Local Studies Centre) ...

Haydon, Frank Scott, 1822-1887

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British editor of "Eulogium Historiarum". From the description of Correspondence, 1837-1887. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127387 ...

O'Méara, Barry Edward (1786-1836).

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000353 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E398 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0000ed Irish surgeon and founding member of the Reform Club. From the description of Talks with Napoleon : autograph notes : place not specified, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Palmer, James F. (James Frederick), 1806-1871

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Epithet: Knight (1857) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000399 ...

Forman, Maurice Buxton.

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Maurice Buxton Forman was a bibliographer and editor. Although he was interested in several literary figures during his lifetime, Forman is most often remembered in light of his work on George Meredith and John Keats. From the description of Papers of Maurice Buxton Forman, 1898-1942. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386415 Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Wallis, Thomas

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Epithet: MD, of Impington, near Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00022c Epithet: of Glassenbury House, Cranbrook British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00022d ...

Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

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English critic and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (24) : London, etc., to W.E. Henley, 1876-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580328 From the description of English thought in the eighteenth century : autograph manuscript, [187-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580765 Stephen was a British critic, man of letters and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. From the description of Photograph album of Le...

Jerrold, Douglas, 1803-1857

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English humorist and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My dear Charles", [no year] Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881232 Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and journalist. From the description of Douglas William Jerrold manuscript material : 1 item [between 1844 and 1853] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 441946653 British playwright and journalist. From the description of ...

Symmons, J. (John), 1781-1842

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Epithet: of Add MS 32166 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0003c0 Epithet: of Add MS 37877 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0003c1 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 33978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0003bd ...

Coutts & Co.

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Colonial Office

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Proposals to introduce income tax to Kenya Colony and to the Straits Settlements were made in 1933 and 1940 respectively. In the case of Kenya there was strong opposition from colonists working in trade and commerce, who viewed the proposed legislation as detrimental to their economic viability and a removal of one of the material benefits of living and working in the colony. The petition was spearheaded by Lord Francis Scott, a son of the Duke of Buccleuch, and a Member of the Executive Council...

Rosslyn, James St. Clair Erskine, Earl of, 1762-1837

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English general. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Mahon and Almeda, to William Hamilton and James Ogilvie, 1799 May 5-1808 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860289 ...

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born British writer. Best remembered for her Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, she was active in British literary circles of the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items, 1820-1849, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish writer and wife of the Earl of Blessington. From the description of L...

Briggs, Stephanie.

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Epithet: of Papplewick Hall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000100 ...

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843

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English poet, literary scholar, historian and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified man, 1836 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603582965 English poet and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Moxon, 1837 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662734 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified correspondent, 1837 Mar. 2....

Hutz

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M. Were

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

Lord Grey.

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Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 1772-1842

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Epithet: Warden of Trinity Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000098 Epithet: architect British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0003ae ...

Barry, Charles, Sir, 1795-1860

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British architects: Sir Charles Barry and his sons, the architects Charles Barry and Edward Middleton Barry. From the description of Letters of Sir Charles Barry and family, 1824-1898. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81364848 English architect. From the description of Trentham architectural records, 1834-ca. 1900 [microform]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78993193 From the description of Architectural records, 1818-1846,...

Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, Baron, 1788-1855

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British army officer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (11) and letter signed (1) : Toulouse, Legaca, Brighton, etc., to various recipients, 1814 Apr. 16-1852 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860218 Knight Commander of the Bath. From the description of Autograph letter signed in third person, marked private : to Sir George Nayler, 1821 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662695 Knight commander of the Bath. Fro...

Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

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British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish slavery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603596632 William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist, was born in Hull, Yorkshire. In 1780 he entered The House of Commons and acquired a reputation for radicalism. Wilberforce is most known for his opposition to slavery and the slave trade. In 1787 he for...

Jackson, John, 1778-1831

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The British artist John Jackson was a prolific and successful portrait painter. He was elected full member of the Royal Academy in 1817. From the description of Letters, 1822-1831. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78518782 English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W. W. Carpenter, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880649 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Beverley and...

Simon Hyman

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Fletcher, Edward

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Epithet: of Add MS 36065 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x00002a ...

Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848

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English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, [no year] Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845175 William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, British prime minister from 16 July to 14 November of 1834. From the guide to the William Lamb, Lord Melbourne manuscript material : 11 items, 1827-1842, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Me...

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...

Taylor, John, 1781-1864

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Keat's publisher. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned (a retained draft) : London, to J.A. Hessey, 1820 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579213 John Taylor, publisher, joined the firm of Taylor and Hessey in 1813, and soon after published The Identity of Junius, an attempt to identify Junius as Sir William Francis. He edited the London Magazine from 1821 to 1824, appointing Thomas Hood his replacement; his contributors and literary friends included Ho...

Ellice, Edward

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Epithet: the elder, MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0000c9 Epithet: Secretary to the Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x0000e6 ...

G Scott

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Maria Foote

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Eastlake, William

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Author, lecturer. Born in 1917 in New York City. Attended college in Paris, France. Published numerous novels, stories, and articles, which have been translated into thirteen foreign languages. Books include "The Bronc People" (1958), "Portrait of an Artist with Twenty-Six Horses" (1963), and "Dancers in the Scalp House" (1975). Served as lecturer at the University of New Mexico and Writer-in-Residence at the University of Southern California. From the description of Papers, ca. 1963...

Philipps, ...

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00017e ...

Chatfield, Edward, 1800-1839.

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 34 Great Portland St., Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621895 ...

Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783-1848

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Antiquarian Samuel Meyrick was born into a wealthy family, graduated from Oxford, and worked as an advocate. He had an abiding interest in history, and published numerous articles on the subject, as well as writing several books and editing several others. He collected armor, eventually building a famous collection, and designed a mansion with special rooms to display his collection. An acknowledged expert on armor, he served as a national advisor, setting up the armor collections for the Tower ...

John Wood

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Wade, G.

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Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822

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Italian sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to an unidentified "Excellence," possibly Talleyrand, 1814 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133670 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to John Trumbull, 1822 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134700 From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1790-1834. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78155641 Italian sculptor whose work is general...

Müller, Friedrich von, 1779-1849

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Weimar chancellor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weimar, to Bettin von Arnim, 1832 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613080 ...

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846

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Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to R.H. Grundy, [no year] "Tuesday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615711 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615728 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., watermark of 1825]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27061572...

Hart, Samuel

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Epithet: of Mexborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x0000ec Epithet: emigrant to New -Jersey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x0000eb ...

Scott, G.

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Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823

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Italian archeologist. From the description of Letter : Madeira, to Joseph Phelps, 1823 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81976653 Italian archaeologist. From the description of Letters to his publisher, 1820-1821. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80021362 Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities. In 1820, John Murray published his Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, templ...

Harvey, William, 1796-1866

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English wood-engraver and designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to William Mayor, 1823 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270501866 ...

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865

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John Haydon

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Renaud, C

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Colnaghi, Dominic Charles, 1790-1879

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Dominic Charles Colnaghi, London art dealer. In 1825, he and his Italian-born father, Paul Colnaghi (by then a dealer of long standing), began trading as P. and D. Colnaghi & Co., the name by which the firm is still known. From the description of Dominic Charles Colnaghi manuscript material : ca. mid-19th century (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 155715488 From the guide to the Dominic Charles Colnaghi manuscript material : ca. mid-19th century, (The New Yor...

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, baron, 1786-1869

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1853 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880286 ...

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868

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Henry Brougham was born and raised in Edinburgh, attended Edinburgh University, practiced law in the city, and co-founded the influential Edinburgh Review. In 1803 he moved to London, becoming associated with the radical left wing of the Whig Party. He also practiced law in London, and was appointed to the House of Commons in 1810, establishing himself as one of the leading radicals in Parliament and holding several important positions. He supported education reform and the abolition of slavery,...

Pickering, W. H.

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Pickering was Director of JPL. From the description of Ranger Block III Flights : memo to All Personnel, 1963 Oct 30. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095544 ...

Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Althorp, to Mrs. Calcott, 1832 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860369 ...

Taylor, Herbert, Sir, 1775-1839

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British army officer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and autograph document in English signed : Swinley, to M. de Bouglon, 1800 Jun. 30-1801 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580323 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Swinley, to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1800 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575927 From the description of Autograph letters signed (39) : Courtray Cateau, Tournai, London, etc., to Sir James Murray...

Pistrucci, Benedetto, 1783-1855

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Benedetto Pistrucci was an Italian-born sculptor, medalist, and gem-engraver. He moved to England and began working at the Royal Mint, where he became Chief Medalist. Among his many designs were coronation medals for George IV and Victoria, and the Waterloo medal, commissioned in 1819 but never released. He also created private medals, gems, cameos, and several portrait busts. Two of his daughters became cameo engravers. From the description of Benedetto Pistrucci letter to Monsieur,...

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...

Chatto, Andrew

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000382 ...

Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl, 1815-1891

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British Colonial Secretary. From the description of Correspondence, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200109 British politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1885 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 541028513 ...

Wilkie, Helen

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Epithet: sister of Sir David Wilkie British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x0000fc ...

Martin, John, 1789-1854

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English romantic painter, etcher and illustrator. From the description of Letter: Lindsey House Chelsea, 1849 Jan. 15. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78314354 John Martin was a popular and successful British painter and printmaker. Born at Haydon Bridge, he showed artistic ability early and was apprenticed with a coachmaker to learn heraldric painting; later, he worked with Bonifacio and Charles Musso, with whom he moved to London. Supporting himself with co...

Kirkup, Seymour Stocker, 1788-1880

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000292 Seymour Stocker Kirkup, English painter and antiquarian. From the description of Seymour Stocker Kirkup manuscript material : 10 items, 1823-1877 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 518381001 Epithet: artist, d1880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858

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English collector and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, to Mr. Kerrich and an unidentified recipient, 1818 Sept. 16 and 1846 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872383 English physician and botanist. From the description of Papers, 1800-1820. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527757 English botanist and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, 1841 Aug....

Taunton, Henry Labouchere, Baron, 1798-1869

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Henry Labouchere was the Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1855-1858 at the time that Sir James Douglas was Governor of B.C. Ker Baillie Hamilton, soldier and colonial administrator was Governor of Newfoundland (1852-1855), and then Governor of Antigua and the Leeward Islands (1855-1867). C.J. Bayley was Governor of the Bahamas (1857-1864) when he wrote the letters. From the description of Henry Labouchere collection. [1856-1857]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat r...

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, historical painter

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Epithet: historical painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00035b ...

Cockburn, George, Sir, 1772-1853

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British naval officer. From the description of Sir George Cockburn papers, 1788-1847 (bulk 1800-1820). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980033 Sir George Cockburn, British naval officer. Cockburn played a major role in the War of 1812, leading the capture and burning of Washington on August 24, 1814. From the description of Sir George Cockburn manuscript material : 1 item, 1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122379527 From the guide to th...

Mackenzie, Colin, 1806-1881.

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Lt. General. Assistant political agent at Peshawar, 1840. Attended conference between Akbar Khan and Sir W.H. Macnaghten, chosen by Akbar Khan to be one of the hostages. Raised Sikh Regiment in last Sikh campaign. From the description of Note, 1846 February 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86148045 ...

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

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Lytton was an English statesman and writer. From the description of Lithograph of Lord Lytton, circa 1800s-1870s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367947106 Edward Bulwer Lytton, first Baron Lytton, writer and politician. From the description of Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 718729173 From the guide to the Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872, (The New...

Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Manchester and [London], to various correspondents, 1833 Aug. 27-1854 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859724 Politician and author. From the description of Letters, 1848-1850. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24560927 English art critic and social critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "My dear Sir" [John Ruskin?], ...

Valpy, Francis Edward Jackson, 1797-1882

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Epithet: Reverend; Master of Burton-upon- Trent School British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000373 Epithet: Rector of Garveston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000372 ...

Julia Peel

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Clow, John

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London

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Epithet: John of British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0002fa ...

Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808-1850

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Epithet: portrait engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x0001cc ...

Anderdon, John Lavicount, 1792-1874

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Epithet: religious writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00021b ...

William IV

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Title: Elector Duke of Bavaria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000276 ...

Townshend, Chauncy Hare, 1798-1868

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000025 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Busbridge, to [Robert Southey?], 1818 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572959 English poet and collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 21 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, [London], to an unknown correspondent, 1862 May 19. (Unkn...

Wright, C.

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Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

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Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish painter who was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830 and received a knighthood in 1836. For full details of his life and work see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material, ca. 1806-1849, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Sir David Wilkie was a painter born in 1785. He was educated under John Strachan, studied in Edinburgh, 1799-1804. He came to London in...

Combe, George, 1788-1858

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Scottish phrenologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to an unidentified recipient in Salem, 1838 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270515793 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1838 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518623 Scottish lawyer and phrenologist. From the description of Papers, 1829-1838, [Edinburgh]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 3144525...

O'Connell, ...

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Epithet: Captain in the Duke of Brunswick's Guarcls British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x00027f ...

Bell, John, 1811-1895

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. S.C. Hall, 1878 Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875640 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to George Wallis, 1886 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875638 ...

Gurwood, John, 1790-1845

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Epithet: Colonel; editor of the 'Wellington Despatches' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x00034d English army officer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to unidentified recipients, 1845 July 9 and [1826?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859603 ...

Coutts, Thomas, 1735-1822

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Epithet: of Add MS 33107 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000101 English banker. From the description of Receipt signed : [London], to the Marquis of Camden, 1818 Jul. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538677 From the description of Letter signed "James & Thomas Coutts" in a secretary's hand : London, to the Earl Temple, 1774 June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537783 ...

Mackenzie, R. Shelton (Robert Shelton), 1809-1880

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Irish author, editor of the Liverpool journal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Liverpool, to William D. Gallagher, editor of the Western Literary Journal, Cincinnati, 1836 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606344 American author. From the description of Papers of R. Shelton MacKenzie [manuscript], 1863 January 15 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814342 ...

Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845

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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Whig statesman and Prime Minister from 22 November 1830 - 16 July 1834. From the description of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey manuscript material : 17 items, 1805-1841 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 261224892 Statesman of Great Britain. From the description of Letter of Charles Grey, Earl Grey, 1805. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450567 ...

Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874

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Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall), English minor poet and lawyer. He was a close friend of several more prominent Romantics, including William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and Leigh Hunt. Shelley once said of his poetry, "the man whose critical gall is not stirred up by such ottava rimas ... may be safely conjectured to have no gall at all.". From the guide to the Barry Cornwall manuscript material : 13 items, 1816-1862, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collecti...

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842

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British surgeon and anatomist. From the description of Charles Bell papers, 1830 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992302 Charles Bell was born at Edinburgh in November 1774. He received his medical education from the University of Edinburgh. In 1799 he was elected a fellow of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and practised at the Edinburgh Infirmary. In 1804 he left Edinburgh for London to practise and to teach (1812-1836) at the William Hunter's Scho...

Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854

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Edward Wedlake Brayley, English topographer and archaeologist. With his friend John Britton, he composed the popular ballad "The Powder Tax, or, A Puff at the Guinea Pigs," which sold seventy to eighty-thousand copies. The pair later became co-editors of The Beauties of England and Wales, a journal on the topography and archaeology of Great Britain. From the description of Edward Wedlake Brayley manuscript material : 1 item, 1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7694545...

Hamilton, William, 1777-1859

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Epithet: of Add MS 19347 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001d7 Epithet: of Add MS 37315 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001d8 William John Hamilton (1805-1867), English geologist and eldest son of William Richard Hamilton (1777-1859), was born in London on July 5, 1805. Educated at the Charterh...

Wyborn, F

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Scholefield, Joshua

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Epithet: banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x0001d0 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 40515 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x0001d1 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x000074 ...

J. S. Dyer

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Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877

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British author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, [between 1842 and 1846]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610489 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610487 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Fonblanque, Thursday [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610490 From ...

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865

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Richard Cobden, English textile manufacturer and politician. From the guide to the Richard Cobden manuscript material : 1 item, ca 1843, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Cobden was born in Dunford, Sussex, England on June 3, 1804; became a middle-class manufacturer and MP, advocating free trade, non-intervention in foreign affairs, an end to aristocratic misrule, and a variety of radical political reforms; became intere...

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...

Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1794-1852

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19th century British poet. From the description of Letters of John Hamilton Reynolds, 1816-1821. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510279 English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to A. Cunningham, 1828 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852036 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, I.O.W., to Planché [James Robinson], 1850 July 4. (Unknown). Wo...

Chapman, William

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Title: 1st Baronet 1720 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x000251 Epithet: of Add MS 33981 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x00021a Epithet: of Newingtonnext-Hythe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001...

Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Opie was an English Quaker author. From the description of ALS, [18]52 May 26 : Norwich [Eng.] to "Dear friend" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956520 Amelia Opie was an English Quaker. From the description of ALS, 1824 September 29, Norwich, [Eng.] / Amelia Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 262363074 Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. From the guide to the Amelia Opie man...

Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827

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Leigh Hunt

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Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Molesey, to John Murray, [probably 1834]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Molesey, Sussex, to Lord Palmerston, 1852 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531191 John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Irish politician, literary critic, and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn, London, becoming an Iri...

Forman, Maurice Buxton.

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Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

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Gibson, John, 1790-1866

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Lady Davy, 1848 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270878525 From the description of Letter, 1859 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80572007 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Eartham, Sussex, to Lady Bunbury, 1863 [Aug.] 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567386 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Rome], [no year] Oct. 31. (Unknown). Worl...

Turner, Sharon, 1768-1847

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Yarmouth, to an unidentifed recipient, 1810 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573575 ...

Rothwell, Richard, 1800-1868.

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Irish painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Portland Place [London], to Henry Howard, [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657972 ...

Whitfeld, W

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Haydon, Frank Scott, 1822-1887

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British editor of "Eulogium Historiarum". From the description of Correspondence, 1837-1887. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127387 ...

Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830

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In October 1812, William Hazlitt was hired by the Morning Chronicle as a parliamentary reporter. Soon he met John Hunt, publisher of the Examiner, and his younger brother Leigh Hunt, the poet and essayist, who edited the weekly paper. Hazlitt began to contribute miscellaneous essays to the Examiner in 1813, and the scope of his work for the Chronicle was expanded to include drama criticism, literary criticism, and political essays. In 1814 the Champion was added to the list of periodicals that a...

Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854

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English judge and author, friend and executor of Charles Lamb. From the description of ALS : London, to Andrew Willis, 1847 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690123 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) was an English judge and author. From the description of Letters to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1835-1844 (bulk 1835-1836). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396791 English j...

Codrington, Edward, Sir, 1770-1851

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x00031d Sir Edward Codrington, British naval officer. His duties included an imperative to secure peace during the Greek War for Independence. From the description of Sir Edward Codrington manuscript material : 1 item, 1839 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122379425 From the guide to the Sir Edward Codrington manuscript ...

Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 250 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00003a Title: Baron Mulgrave (1767) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000012 ...

York Gazette

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Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824

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Philadelphia bookseller and publisher. From the description of Correspondence, 1813-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82415715 Delaplaine (1777-1824) compiled Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters (1815-1818). Ezra C. Gross was a Congressman, ca. 1820; Elizabeth, New York. From the description of Joseph Delaplaine letter : Philadelphia, [P.A.], to Ezra C. Gross, 1819 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1223...

Hall, Basil, 1788-1844

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Scottish naval officer and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (47) : London, Portsmouth, etc., primarily to his publisher, Edward Moxon, 1830 Feb. 8-1842 July 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507502 Basil Hall, British naval officer and author best known for his Fragments of Voyages and Travels. From the description of Basil Hall manuscript material : 9 items, 1829-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30212336...

Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834

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Prince Hoare, English playwright and artist. Originally a painter, he ceased to exhibit after 1785, turning his attention to play writing. His best-known production, a farce titled, "No Song, No Supper," was first acted at Drury Lane Theatre in 1790. From the description of Prince Hoare manuscript material : 5 items, 1790-1819 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 326881408 English artist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brig...

Maginn, William, 1793-1842

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Irish author and editor. From the description of Untitled poem : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, [n.d., but the paper is watermarked 1824]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609634 William Maginn, Irish-born writer and poet. From the description of William Maginn manuscript material : 2 items, 1836 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069626 From the guide to the William Maginn manuscript material : 2 items, 1836, (The New York Publi...

Crosby, A.

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Smith, George

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Epithet: Assyriologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x00008c Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000367 Epithet: of Add MS 34686 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00036c Epithet: of Smith, Eld...

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848

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English explorer; secretary to the Admiralty. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Admiralty", to Henry Paterson, Jr., 1845 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621907 ...

Tite, William, 1798-1873

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Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of London. From the description of Papers and letters relative to the exhibition at the Society of Antiquaries Dec. 12 1861, 1861-1862. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84441266 Epithet: MP; Knight 1869 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000365 English architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : L...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

BRH

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Hugh Hutton

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Reynolds, John, 1965-

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Epithet: Solicitor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00003e ...

Mott, James, 1788-1868

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Abolitionist. From the description of Circular letter of James Mott, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454648 American abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. From the description of Autograph note signed : Philadelphia, 1858 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640128449 ...

Foscolo, Ugo, 1778-1827

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Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer and poet. His novel Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis was published in 1802, and from 1816 until his death he lived in London. Foscolo was chiefly responsible for a controversial essay on contemporary Italian literature which appeared in John Cam Hobhouse's Historical Illustrations to Childe Harold, Canto IV (1818). From the description of Ugo Foscolo manuscript material : 1 item, 1822 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 225851634 Italian ...

Ellice, Edward, 1781-1863

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Edward Ellice was a merchant-banker, landowner, and politician according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. He was born in London, England, and although he had extensive land holdings in New York and Canada, spent most of his time in the U.K. The 1850 U.S. Census lists Joseph Rosseel as a land agent in Oswegatchie, N.Y. The 1860 U.S. Census lists him as a "gentleman" in Ogdensburgh, N.Y., born in Ghent, Belgium. From the description of Edward Ell...

Shee, Martin Archer

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Epithet: PRA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000142 Epithet: barrister son of Sir Martin Archer Shee British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000148 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

Marris

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Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840

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John George Lambton [nicknamed "Radical Jack"], first earl of Durham, English politician. From the description of John George Lambton, Earl of Durham manuscript material : 21 items, 1833-1838 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 647998440 From the guide to the John George Lambton, Earl of Durham manuscript material : 21 items, 1833-1838, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.W. Croker, 1815 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663622098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], Monday noon [1829 Feb. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], [1829] Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707570 From the description of Auto...

H Phillips

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Joseph Hume

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Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841

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British politician. From the description of Letter and ephemera, 1806-1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78736102 ...

Hume, Joseph, 1777-1855

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Joseph Hume, Scottish radical and politician. From the description of Joseph Hume manuscript material : 3 items, 1820-1834 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 432035004 From the guide to the Joseph Hume (radical parliamentarian) manuscript material : 4 items, 1820-1834, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: MP for Kilkenny British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : ...

Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866

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Secretary to Treasury (1830-1834); Chancellor of the Exchequer in Melbourne's second administration (1835-1839). From the description of Letters, 1828-1853. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33203484 ...

Winstanley, Thomas, 1749-1823

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Epithet: Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0001bb ...

Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878

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British statesman and Prime Minister. From the description of Papers, 1817-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159057 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter written in the third person : London, to an unidentified recipient [1848] Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747616123 From the description of Collection of two autograph documents, 1862 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 614476357 From the ...

Morris, Joseph, 1942-

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Epithet: Quaker, of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x00039b ...

Stany, G

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Inman, Henry, 1801-1846

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Painter, portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1841 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355152 From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1838 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220209493 Henry Inman (1801-1846), son of William and Sarah Inman, was born in Utica, N.Y. After an apprenticeship with the portrait painter, John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840), he became a painter of portra...

Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845

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British painter and illustrator. From the description of Robert Smirke papers, 1804-1840. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84215057 ...

John Scott

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Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...

Tyrrell, Edward

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Epithet: alias Terrell; son of Lieutenant -General E Tyrrell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x00030d Epithet: City Remembrancer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x00030e ...

Kirkup, Seymour Stocker, 1788-1880

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Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865

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English statesman. From the description of Printed letter signed : London, to Clinton G. Dawkins, H.M. Consul General at Trieste, 1849 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stanhope St., to Dr. Budd, 1837 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610835 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Foreign Office [London], to M. Arichini, 1834 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27060970...

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1801-1885

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British philanthropist and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Cyrus W. Field, 1862 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 540725639 Biographical note: Social reformer and philanthropist. From the description of Anthony Ashley Cooper letters, 1877-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599354 English philanthropist, previously Lord Ashley. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Ag...

Gilbert, Ashurst Turner, 1786-1870

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Epithet: Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford; Bishop of Chichester 1842 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x000013 ...

Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 7-1860

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George W. Simpson served in Company A of the 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment for over four years during the Civil War. From the description of George W. Simpson letters, 1865. WorldCat record id: 145569003 ...

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852

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Mayor, William

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Epithet: of Long Melford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x00001b ...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Hunt, John, 1775-1848

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John Hunt, English printer and publisher. He was the brother of Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and literary critic. From the description of John Hunt manuscript material : 7 items, 1821-1837 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 435495270 ...

Pierce Egan

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Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871

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British geologist. From the description of Papers, 1857 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35230784 English geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Folkestone, to an unnamed correspondent, 1870 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612797 Geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1847 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872039 Ro...

Fraser, James W., 1944-....

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In June 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. found the Boston School Committee guilty of willful segregation and called for forced busing of students from Roxbury and other predominantly African-American neighborhoods, to predominantly white schools, including Hyde Park, South Boston, and Charlestown High Schools. Before the ruling, students were assigned to schools based on where they lived. As a result, schools were segregated based on the population of the students in the area. While in many sc...

Grey, Charles

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Epithet: Viscount Howick Prime Minister Title: 2nd Earl Grey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000399 Title: 2nd Earl Grey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000070 Title: 1st Earl Grey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Desc...

Buckingham, James Silk, 1786-1855

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Epithet: of Add MS 33546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000019 James Silk Buckingham was an English adventurer, publisher, author, and activist. He started his career as a sailor and adventurer, chiefly in the Middle East, then started the Calcutta Journal; after it was suppressed by the government, he received monetary compensation and returned to London. He published books about his travels, started...

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873

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English actor, recognized as perhaps the greatest English character actor of his day. He was especially noted for his Shakespearean roles. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391814 William Charles Macready was a tragedian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1821-1849, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886139 William Charles Macready was an English stage manager and actor...

Roberts, David, 1796-1864

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1858 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852342 Scottish painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mornington Place [London], to Robert Jennings, [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655360 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fitzroy St. [London], to "my dear Andrew", 1857 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Colnaghi, Dominic Charles, 1790-1879

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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854

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McMurtie

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Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821

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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was a British actress, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Hamlet, ca.1805? (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 80027720 Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer and actress. From the description of Elizabeth Inchabald manuscript material : 5 items, 1799-1809 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436880525 English actress, novelist, and dramatist. Fr...

Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, comte d', 1801-1852

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Abraham Hayward, English essayist and translator. His many friendships with significant figures in the literary and political circles of Victorian London resulted in this collection of correspondence. From the guide to the Abraham Hayward correspondence files : 1063 items, 1790-1889, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) French artist who lived in England. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London,...

Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844

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Thomas Campbell was a poet known for his war poems, including "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." He also published "The Pleasure of Hope" in 1799, "Gertrude of Wyoming" in 1809, and "Theodric" in 1824. From the description of Thomas Campbell papers, 1821-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147203 Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, studied law in Edinburgh (1797), and became Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 1826-1829, as well as a...

Cockburn, W. (William), 1773-1858

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William Cockburn was a colonial and New York State land commissioner and surveyor who resided in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York. From the description of Two survey maps of Livingston Patent, Montgomery and Herkimer Counties and Young Patent, Schoharie and Otsego Counties, New York, 1767. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145408052 William Cockburn was a Colonial and New York State Land Commissioner and surveyor who resided in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York. ...

Westmacott, Richard, Sir, 1775-1856

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : South Audley St. [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year, after 1819] May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588307 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : [n.p.], to "Dear Richard", [no year] Jul. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588617 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, "Tuesday" [n.d.]. (Unknown). Wo...

Savile, Bourchier Wrey, 1817-1888

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Epithet: Reverend; writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x00013c ...

Bewick, Jane

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Epithet: sister of the following British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000385 Daughter of the wood engraver Thomas Bewick. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gateshead, to Joseph Crawhall, 1875 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 460128465 ...

Hayter, Charles, 1761-1835

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The artist Charles Hayter (1761-1835) is best known as a painter of miniatures, professor of perspective and drawing to Charlotte, princess of Wales, and as the author of several manuals of art instruction, including An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues (1813), and A new practical treatise on the three primitive colours (1828). His Introduction to perspective included "A compendium of genuine instruction in the art of ...

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly marr...

Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851

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British statesman and First Lord of the Admiralty. From the description of Letters, 1809-1849. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329063 From the description of Papers, 1811-1842. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019756 From the description of Papers, 1796-1842 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122509876 Lord Privy Seal of Scotland. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Melville Cas...

Dyce, William, 1806-1864

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English painter. From the description of Letters, 1843-1859. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82257497 Scottish painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Norwood [London], to Mr. and mrs. Bicknell, 1852 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742738 William Dyce, Scottish painter and educationist. From the guide to the William Dyce manuscript material : 1 item, 1848, (The New York Public L...

Barlow, John

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Epithet: MD, of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000048 Epithet: Reverend Sec Royal Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000243 Epithet: of Mullingar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000049 Epithet: ...

TS. (copy)

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Hamilton, William, 1777-1859

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