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English, English & Becks related manuscript material
- Title
- English, English & Becks related manuscript material, 1820-1828
- Author
- English, English & Becks
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Additional Authors
- Bell, John, banker.
- Gloyn, John.
- Hare, Charles.
- Hare, George.
- Kingsdown, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron, 1793-1867.
- Lynch, A. H., solicitor.
- Parke, Thomas, Secretary, Pelican Life Insurance Company.
- Roberts, Daniel, 1789-1869.
- Shelley, Timothy, 1753-1844.
- Tugwell, W. E.
- Wright, William, solicitor.
- Else, Richard
- Tugwell, G H.
- English, English & Becks, addressee.
- Pelican (Firm)
- Bell, De Young & Co., addressee.
- R. G. & H. R. Burfoot (solicitors), addressee.
- Pelican (Firm), addressee.
- Tugwell, McKenzie & Co., addressee.
- Summary
- These items were acquired together, forming a manuscript collection relating to Shelley's Bath upholsterers, English, English & Becks. Included are letters, documents, and contemporary copies to and from people associated with the following firms: Bell De Young and Co., merchant banking house of Leghorn ; R. G. & H. R. Burfoot, London solicitors ; the Pelican Life Insurance Company ; Tugwell, McKenzie & Co., banking firm ; and the following individuals: Richard Else, Bath solicitor ; Captain Daniel Roberts, superintendant of the building of Shelley's boat ; and Sir Timothy Shelley.
- Items (S'ANA 0510) - (S'ANA 0540) are all filed under "English and Becks" in the SC manuscript file, with the exception of: (S'ANA 0515), filed as (PBS 256a) ; (S'ANA 0522), filed under Timothy Shelley, and (S'ANA 0516) and (S'ANA 0519), filed in the SC oversize drawer.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- English, English and Becks, upholsterers of Bath. Edmund English, Robert English and Andrew Berkeley Becks furnished Albion House at Great Marlow for Shelley on credit in the winter and early spring of 1817, and were never paid. They were forced to declare bankruptcy in 1828. A detailed historical account and a list of documents in the Pforzheimer Collection relating to English & Becks (including these manuscripts and others) is provided in Shelley and His Circle, vol. VIII, p. 827-845.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 76708333
- Author
- English, English & Becks
- Title
- English, English & Becks related manuscript material, 1820-1828
- Description
- 30 items
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- English, English and Becks, upholsterers of Bath. Edmund English, Robert English and Andrew Berkeley Becks furnished Albion House at Great Marlow for Shelley on credit in the winter and early spring of 1817, and were never paid. They were forced to declare bankruptcy in 1828. A detailed historical account and a list of documents in the Pforzheimer Collection relating to English & Becks (including these manuscripts and others) is provided in Shelley and His Circle, vol. VIII, p. 827-845.
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- Bell, John, banker.Gloyn, John.Hare, Charles.Hare, George.Kingsdown, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron, 1793-1867.Lynch, A. H., solicitor.Parke, Thomas, Secretary, Pelican Life Insurance Company.Roberts, Daniel, 1789-1869.Shelley, Timothy, 1753-1844.Tugwell, W. E.Wright, William, solicitor.Else, Richard, addressee.English, English & Becks, addressee.Tugwell, G H., addressee.Pelican (Firm)Bell, De Young & Co., addressee.R. G. & H. R. Burfoot (solicitors), addressee.Pelican (Firm), addressee.Tugwell, McKenzie & Co., addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS