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Chancery papers relating to the children of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Harriet, née Westbrook
- Title
- Chancery papers relating to the children of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Harriet, née Westbrook, 1817-1818
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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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- Description
- 67 manuscript pages (15 double sheets, 13 single sheets); 26 cm
- Summary
- Transcriptions of nine major documents in the Chancery suit for custody of Ianthe and Charles Shelley. 13 pages in the hand of H. Buxton Forman; the rest in the hand of a legal secretary or clerk, copied for Forman in the 1870's or 1880's and bearing his annotations.
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- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (S'ANA 0221); filed in SC file under "Westbrook vs. Shelley."
- Published in full in H. Buxton Forman's 1913 edition of Thomas Medwin's Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, pages 463-486. The final portion (Lord Chancellor's orders) published with commentary in Shelley and his Circle as SC 489, volume VI, page 647.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Contents
- The children's petition dated 8 January 1817 / Lancelot Shadwell. -- Affidavit of Elizabeth Westbrooke sworn 10 January 1817. -- Further affidavit of Elizabeth Westbrooke sworn 13 January 1817. -- Shelley's answer, given 18 January 1817 / Willm. Horne; Percy Bysshe Shelley. -- The Lord Chancellor's formal order dated Thursday, 27 March 1817. -- Report of the Master, Mr. Alexander, dated 1 August 1817 / Wm. Alexander. -- Lord Chancellor's further reference to the Master, dated Monday, 10 November 1817. -- Further report of the Master, Mr. Alexander, dated 28 April 1818 / Wm. Alexander. -- The Lord Chancellor's order dated Saturday, 25 July 1818.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 961186629
- Title
- Chancery papers relating to the children of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Harriet, née Westbrook, 1817-1818
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Added Author
- Alexander, William, Sir, 1754 or 1755-1842.Beauchamp, Elizabeth, 1782-1854.Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838.Horne, William, Sir, 1773-1860.Shadwell, Lancelot, Sir, 1779-1850.Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917, annotator.Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917, scribe.