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Walter Coulson manuscript material : 1 item
- Title
- Walter Coulson manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1830
- Author
- Coulson, Walter, 1795-1860.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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
- Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866.
- Found In
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 item
- Summary
- · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1830 : (P'ANA 0037) : begins, "When you mentioned to me yesterday ..." ; a long letter, in part discussing James Mill.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Walter Coulson, English newspaper editor and barrister. In his youth, he studied under and worked for the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who helped him get a position at the Morning Chronicle in 1813. Coulson became editor of the liberal political newspaper The Traveller in 1800, and in 1828, began his career as a barrister. He was a friend of Charles Dickens, the novelist; Francis Place, the radical; and James Mill, the utilitarian philosopher. Coulson was also the godfather of the first child of William Hazlitt, the critic and essayist, and acted for Hazlitt's wife in their divorce proceedings.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 156945931
- Author
- Coulson, Walter, 1795-1860.
- Title
- Walter Coulson manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1830
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Walter Coulson, English newspaper editor and barrister. In his youth, he studied under and worked for the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who helped him get a position at the Morning Chronicle in 1813. Coulson became editor of the liberal political newspaper The Traveller in 1800, and in 1828, began his career as a barrister. He was a friend of Charles Dickens, the novelist; Francis Place, the radical; and James Mill, the utilitarian philosopher. Coulson was also the godfather of the first child of William Hazlitt, the critic and essayist, and acted for Hazlitt's wife in their divorce proceedings.
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- Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866. Addressee
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS