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Title

Albany Fonblanque manuscript material, ca. 1826-1854

Author

Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872.

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Additional Authors

• Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.
• Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884.
• Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886.

Description

18 items

Summary

• · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 11 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Feb 1835 : (BLES 2.166) : [no place] : begins, "I am equally surprised and annoyed at the neglect you mention as to the paper of Lord A. Connyngham." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Mar 1836 : (BLES 2.167b) : [no place] : begins, "I have had a feverish cold, with the complicated torments of tooth ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Oct 1836 : (BLES 2.172) : [no place] : begins, "Your Elderly Gentleman has inordinately delighted me. I have just written an article on it for the next Examiner..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1836 : (BLES 2.168a) : [no place] : begins, "I have been confined to my bed for some days past by a severe attack of fever …"; with the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct 1839 : (BLES 2.168b) : from 4 Rue d'Alger : begins, "Though I am almost blind, I must write to say how much I admire Count D'Orsay's letter on the Brougham affair." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Nov [watermark = 1839] : (BLES 2.171b) : [no place] : begins, "I shall be most happy indeed to dine with you next Sunday." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Dec 1839 : (BLES 2.169a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "Neither Bentham nor I had forgotten your kind invitation for Christmas Day, but we are both unable to avail ourselves of it …"; with the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1840 : (BLES 2.169b) : [no place] : begins, "I am so unwell with a bad cold that I must refuse myself the pleasure of dining with you to-day …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Feb 1840 : (BLES 2.170a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "Many thanks for the present of the velvet, which is of a beauty I have never yet attained to in waistcoats …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Mar 1842 : (BLES 2.170b) : [no place] : begins, "I found that nothing could be made of the subject you pointed out to me …"; along with an excised address panel from a letter cover marked paid on "12/8/[42?]." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Oct 1842 : (BLES 2.171a) : from Connaught Square : begins, "I very much regret that I am engaged for Saturday next." All letters to Blessington mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers.
• · To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [27 Jan 1834] : (HWD 10.005) : [no place] : begins, "It would be very desirable to get Power's notice of the new edition of the Faust this week ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1835 : (HWD 05.006) : from Athenaeum : begins, "Will you take me in your [?] 6 [?] Baller's[?] at the Athenaeum ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jul 1836 : (HWD 10.004) : [no place] : begins, "I have great doubts of the expediency of this matter ..." -- 1 autograph leter signed : 30 Oct [no year] : (HWD 2.004) : [Board of Trade S. W. (embossed stationery)] : begins, "I think your article excellent, but I have my doubts whether the book will please as much as your review of it ..."
• · To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1853 : (BLES 5.376a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "I will search my papers for any letters of Lady Blessington's that may answer your purpose ..." With the excised stamped envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1854 : (BLES 5.376b) : from "B. T." : begins, "Owing to some neglect in the transmission of letters to me out of town, I have only just received your note. Some months ago I was robbed of a desk containing many private letters I valued ..."
• · To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : [4 Jan 1826?] : (MISC 3470) : from 17 Edgmere Road; promises to do his best for Thomas Hood's "The Progress of Cant"; sending his thanks to Mr. Hood for sending the plate; begins, "I did not get your note and the accompanying Plate till this evening."

Subjects

• Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845
• Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872 > Correspondence
• Journalists > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Albany Fonblanque, English political journalist and journal editor. An early contributer to The Times and Morning Chronicle, he also wrote for The Westminster Review, and was for many years the editor and proprietor of The Examiner.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

218571830

Author

Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872.

Title

Albany Fonblanque manuscript material, ca. 1826-1854

Restricted Access

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

Biography

Albany Fonblanque, English political journalist and journal editor. An early contributer to The Times and Morning Chronicle, he also wrote for The Westminster Review, and was for many years the editor and proprietor of The Examiner.

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Added Author

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849. Addressee

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

Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886. Addressee

Research Call Number

Pforz MS