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30 items |
| Summary |
· Holograph poem, "Planting the acorns" : 15 Jan 1853 (MISC 1478a), begins: "Acorns! by the Poet planted!" |
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· Holograph annotations to printed poem, "On the death of the late Samuel Rogers, Esq." : ca. 30 Dec 1855 (MISC 1478b). Noted in ink at the top of p. 1 of the four-page verse pamphlet: "12 Copies Printed" and "Miss Martha Rogers," prehaps a relative of the late poet. |
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· To Lady Blessinton, author : 26 autograph letters signed ; ca. 1837-1844 (MISC 0818), on various subjects including her Book of Beauty, his Valleys of the Piedmont, and sending her his verses. The letters are mounted in the six-volume album of Blessington Correspondence, volume I, p. 51-66. All but two letters are printed in full transcription in The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison (Second Series, 1822-1893). The Blessington Papers. [London] Printed for Private Circulation, 1895. |
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· To Archibald Campbell : 1 autograph letter signed ; Monday 10 Apr [1854?] (MISC 2264), addressed to "My trusty Trojan." The letter is tipped in to a copy of Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell (1849), which Beattie edited. Beattie inscribed the book to Archibald Campbell. Shelved: *R Pforz BIO (Campbell, T.) Beattie 1849. |
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· To Thomas H. Cromek, painter : 1 autograph letter signed ; 10 May 1862 (MISC 2393), regarding his revision of Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell. |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Biography |
William Beattie, Scottish physician and poet. Beattie counted many famous and influential people among his closest friends, including: Thomas Campbell, for whom he wrote a biography; Samuel Rogers, for whom he was executor; Lady Blessington, to whose Book of Beauty annual he often contributed; and Lady Byron, who reportedly "had imparted to him the true reason of her separation from her husband, and that it was not the one given by Mrs. Stowe." |
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Beattie, William, 1793-1875 -- Correspondence.
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Poets, Scottish -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
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Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 -- Poetry.
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Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844.
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| Added Author |
Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849, Recipient.
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Campbell, Archibald, Recipient.
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Cromek, Thomas Hartley, 1809-1873, Recipient.
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| Note |
On the death of the late Samuel Rogers, Esq |
| In: |
p1pc Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925 (CStRLIN)NYPW03-A5 |
| Standard no. |
.b82799222 |
| Call No. |
Pforz MS
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| Research Call Number |
Pforz MS
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