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Title

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux manuscript material : 17 items, 1802-1859

Author

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

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Additional Authors

• Allen, John, 1771-1843
• Croft, Thomas Elmsely, 1798-1835
• Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884
• Ledru-Rollin, 1807-1874
• Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853
• Richardson, John, 1780-1864
• Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850
• Truro, Thomas Wilde, Baron, 1782-1855

Found In

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

Description

17 items

Summary

• · To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 : (B'ANA 0319) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Secheron, near Geneva : begins, "As you may like to know what is going on in these parts & aslo to induce you to give me a line or two as to England, I trouble you with this letter..."; includes: "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and Genevese except Mad. Stael - who can't resist a little celebrity." Published with commentary as SC 570 in Shelley and his Circle v. VII.
• · To Sir Thomas Elmsely Croft, Bart. : 1 autograph address panel signed : 28 Feb 1833 : (SHEE 0025c) : from London : with the postmark; addressed to Croft in Hastings. Mounted within the Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."
• · To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Sep 1837 : (MISC 3507) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Brougham : begins, "I have at last heard from Norway ..."
• · To [?S.] C. Kenning at 4 Danvers Street, Paultons Square, Chelsea London : 1 autograph letter third person : 12 Jun 1851 : (MISC 0428) : from Brook Farm, Cobham : 3 pages (double sheet) : saying he "assures him that it would give him great pleasure to be of any use to a grandson of Mr. Kenning ..."; with the excised address panel with postmark pasted in.
• · To Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, French politician : 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1842] : (MISC 0432) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Château Eleanor-Louise (Cannes) : in French; begins, "Je ne conçois pas possible ..."
• · To Amelia Opie, novelist and poet : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Sep 1846 : (O'ANA 0027) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Brougham : begins, "I have followed your advice and am up to the chin in old chronicles ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 [Aug?] 1847 : (O'ANA 0026) : 3¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Brougham, Penrith : begins, "I wish you would let me know if my Crm.l Law report was ever sent you ..." Both letters to Opie mounted in the grangerized copy of Brightwell's Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
• · To John Richardson, lawyer : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jan 1802 : (MISC 0435) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : from "Edinbourg" : in French; begins, "Vous ne devez pas vous fachez qu'on vous addresse en Françoise pour repondre à vos lettres angloises ..."
• · To [Martin Archer Shee?], portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : [Friday?] : (SHEE 0013f) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Berkeley Square : begins, "I am extremely [?---] by your kind attention and that of your colleagues of the council ..." Mounted in the Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."
• · To Thomas Wilde, later Baron Truro, lord chancellor : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Apr 1842 : (MISC 4042b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Brougham : begins, "Not having received the letter you were so kind as to promise me on the subject of [W. Cry's?] reading, I begin to be apprehensive that it may have miscarried ..." With two apparently unrelated excised address labels mounted on p. 3 of the lettersheet: one to "Miss Isabella Saurin, Loughbrickland, Co. of Down" from Henry [Grisham?], from Dublin, dated 21 Sep 1833; and one to "Mrs. Henry [?Laurette], Worthing" from Lord Tenterden, stamped 27 Jul 1839. -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Friday mrg." : (MISC 4042a) : 3¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Many thanks for your kindness & pray thank Mr. P. also ..."; with the envelope, with remnants of black wax seal.
• · To unidentified recipients : 7 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear Lord" : [watermark = 1830] : (MISC 0430) : 1¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from B[erkele]y Square : begins, "I have got so troublesoem a stiff neck that I am prevented from calling on your grace ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear sir" : 17 Oct 1838 : (MISC 3976) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Brougham, Penrith : begins, "In consequense of a very urgent letter I have today seen Lt. Normanby ..." Tipped into grangerized copy of Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age. Shelved with bound manuscript materials under "Hazlitt." -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear W" : [watermark = 1849] : (MISC 0433) : 1 page (double sheet) : from [B--chett Hall? S--?] : begins, "[?--] come to me between 4 & 5 at the House of Lords ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear Mr. P." : 21 May 1859 : (MISC 0429) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from [Cannes?] : begins, "I feel strongly with you ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed to "Dear W" : [no date] : (MISC 0434) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "We leave this [(?---)] at 7 ..."; on mourning stationery. -- 1 autograph letter signed to "My dear Lord" : "Sat.y" : (MISC 0431) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from H[ouse] of C[ommons] : begins, "I had the hon.r of your grace's kind letter..."

Subjects

• Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Correspondence
• Critics > Scotland > 19th century > Correspondence
• Lawyers > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Politicians > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish writer, scientist, lawyer, Whig politician and abolitionist.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

76945487

Author

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

Title

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux manuscript material : 17 items, 1802-1859

Restricted Access

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

Biography

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish writer, scientist, lawyer, Whig politician and abolitionist.

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Added Author

Allen, John, 1771-1843, addressee.

Croft, Thomas Elmsely, 1798-1835, addressee.

Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884, addressee.

Ledru-Rollin, 1807-1874, addressee.

Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853, addressee.

Richardson, John, 1780-1864, addressee.

Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850, addressee.

Truro, Thomas Wilde, Baron, 1782-1855, addressee.

Found In:

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

Research Call Number

Pforz MS