Research Catalog

Title

John Gibson Lockhart manuscript material.

Author

Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.

Publication

1828-1844

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blackwood, John, 1818-1879
• De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
• Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869
• Murray, Hester, Miss
• Murray, John, 1778-1843
• Thackeray, Francis, 1793-1842

Description

9 items

Summary

• · Autograph corrections of Valerius, with corrected proofs : [circa 1842] : (MISC 0665) : 3 volumes of the 1821 edition with considerable manuscript corrections and emendations; interleaved, with proofs of the 1842 Blackwood's Standard Novel edition paste on opposite pages. Some further corrections done to later proofs. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Lockhart."
• · To [John?] Blackwood, publisher : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Good Friday" [25 March] 1842 : (MISC 0685) : 2 pages (single sheet, folded) : [no place] : begins, "I return the close of Valerius -- hoping faintly that you may not have reason to repent reprinting it." With a postscript: "Please also to send copies done up in that form to the persons named on the other side . . ."; and a list of 8 people on the verso. -- 1 autograph note signed : 4 April 1842 : (MISC 0684) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Thank you. I have just come to town . . . ." -- Both letters bound in at the back of volume 3 of the revised proof copy of Valerius. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Lockhart."
• · To Thomas De Quincey, English essayist : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1837?] : (MISC 0356) : [no place] : begins, "Accept my best thanks for your very kind Note. I have been kept all this week from seeing you by my wife's illness ..." Lockhart's wife, Sir Walter Scott's daughter, Sophia, died in 1837.
• · To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comic actor Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Aug 1839 : (MISC 3545) : from [Wilton? Lerk---?] near Lanark : begins, "I have received at a distance from town your letter of the 27th & I fear my delay in acknowledging it may hev been somewhat inconvenient ..."
• · To Miss Hester Murray : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jan 1841 : (MISC 1353) : [no place] : begins, "I shall have the honour of joining you ..."
• · To John Murray, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" : (MISC 1363) : [no place] : begins, "I have your card & [?] note & regret most sincerely that we cannot be [at?] your party on Saturday ..."
• · To Francis Thackeray, author : 1 autograph letter signed : [Mar 1828] : (B'ANA 0541) : [no place] : begins, "I heartily regret that I cannot at present do what you wish ..."; also includes, "By the way. Moore & Murray have soldered all differences & clubbed their Byroniana so that Moore's Life, rich indeed from two such collections, maybe looked for next Spring..."; also, "Miss Edgeworth has far advanced a novel called 'Taking for granted' ..."
• · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter (fragment) : "Early Monday" : (SHEE 0109e) : [no place] : reads, "...pamphlet & yr. consideration & I remain very truly yours, J G Lockhart." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."

Subjects

• Editors > Scotland > 19th century > Correspondence
• Authors, Scottish > 19th century > Correspondence
• Lockhart, J. G (John Gibson), 1794-1854 > Correspondence
• Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 > Letters and journals of Lord Byron

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Gibson Lockhart, Scottish writer and literary editor.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

711326543

Author

Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.

Title

John Gibson Lockhart manuscript material.

Production

1828-1844

Access

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

Biography

John Gibson Lockhart, Scottish writer and literary editor.

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Added Author

Blackwood, John, 1818-1879, addressee.

De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859, addressee.

Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869, addressee.

Murray, Hester, Miss, addressee.

Murray, John, 1778-1843, addressee.

Thackeray, Francis, 1793-1842, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS