Research Catalog

Title

Laman Blanchard manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1830's-40's

Author

Blanchard, Laman, 1804-1845.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hazlitt, William, 1811-1893
• Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

2 items

Summary

• · To William Hazlitt, Jr., journalist and barrister at law : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 3461), complaining about having to go to the cemetery at Kendal to "note more Cenotaphs."
• · To Frederic Shoberl, journalist and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (MISC 3462) : asking to see a proof.

Subjects

• Blanchard, Laman, 1804-1845 > Correspondence
• Poets, English > 19th century > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence
• Journalists > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• (Samuel) Laman Blanchard, English author and journalist. Blanchard's poetry was published widely in journals and he dedicated his 1828 Lyric Offerings to Charles Lamb. He edited, among other publications, the Monthly Magazine and George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Blanchard enjoyed friendships with many among the London literary set, including: Douglas Jerrold, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, William Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Charles Dickens, Leigh Hunt and Robert Browning, all of whom helped to raise funds to benefit his orphaned children after his suicide.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

76805884

Author

Blanchard, Laman, 1804-1845.

Title

Laman Blanchard manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1830's-40's

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

(Samuel) Laman Blanchard, English author and journalist. Blanchard's poetry was published widely in journals and he dedicated his 1828 Lyric Offerings to Charles Lamb. He edited, among other publications, the Monthly Magazine and George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Blanchard enjoyed friendships with many among the London literary set, including: Douglas Jerrold, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, William Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Charles Dickens, Leigh Hunt and Robert Browning, all of whom helped to raise funds to benefit his orphaned children after his suicide.

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Added Author

Hazlitt, William, 1811-1893, addressee.

Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS