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Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material
- Title
- Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material, 1823-1851.
- Author
- Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858.
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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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- 3 items
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- · To John Mackenzie Lindsay, Esq., Writer to the Signet : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1851 : (MISC 3472) : detailing an accident which fractured his thigh bone, and appealing for aid for his family.
- · To John Pinkerton, historian and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1813 : (MISC 4322) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from 15 North[umberlan]d Str [?] : begins, "I called on you to day at 1/2 past 4 & left a packet . . . ."
- · To "Gentleman" at the offices of the London Magazine, perhaps the publishers Taylor and Hessey : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Dec 1823 : (MISC 3473) : asking for a written explanation of the irregularity in the magazine's production.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Robert Pearse Gillies, Scottish-born poet and writer. He was an early contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and was appreciated by Wordsworth. Gillies's friendship with Sir Walter Scott is discussed in his Memoirs of a Literary Veteran (1851), as is his friendly acquaintance with James Hogg, Thomas De Quincey, John Kemble, Sarah Siddons, John Galt, and others.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 233700458
- Author
- Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858.
- Title
- Robert Pearse Gillies manuscript material, 1823-1851.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Robert Pearse Gillies, Scottish-born poet and writer. He was an early contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and was appreciated by Wordsworth. Gillies's friendship with Sir Walter Scott is discussed in his Memoirs of a Literary Veteran (1851), as is his friendly acquaintance with James Hogg, Thomas De Quincey, John Kemble, Sarah Siddons, John Galt, and others.
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- Lindsay, John Mackenzie, addressee.Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826, addressee.Taylor and Hessey, addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS