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Edward Ellerker Williams manuscript material.

Title
Edward Ellerker Williams manuscript material.
Author
Williams, Edward Ellerker, 1793-1822.
Publication
1807-1822

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869
  • Williams, Jane, 1798-1884
  • Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906
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6 items
Summary
  • · Holograph logbook, "Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Superb" : 18 Apr 1807-22 Dec 1807 : (S'ANA 0153) : 1 volume (42 leaves, some blank) : beginning with the ship "Moor'd at Spithead" and ending "Moored at St Helens"; taken during the period Williams served as midshipman on the HMS Superb; records weather and significant events. Notebook with marbled covers and later manuscript cover label in unidentified hand: "Manuscript Journal / of / E. Ellerker Williams / 1807." Shelved as *Pforz B-L 03.
  • · Holograph diary, "Private Journal" : 28 May-2 Jun 1819 : (S'ANA 0399) : 1 volume (26 manuscript pages, 60 total leaves) : begins, "After having shaken a few dear friends by the hand I quitted London . . ."; also containing pencil drawings, water-color drawings, and miscellaneous fragments in prose and verse, probably of a later date. Bound in quarter red leather and cardboard, half of front cover torn away. Published in full with commentary as SC 525 in Shelley and his Circle volume VI, page 816. Shelved as *Pforz 558R 01.
  • · Holograph verse drama, "The Promise; or, A year, a month and a day. A Tragi-Comedy, in Five Acts" : 7-14 Dec 1821 : (S'ANA 0578) : 1 volume (103 manuscript pages, 60 total leaves) : play text begins, "Act I. Scene I. Italy. A Wood near Pavia. Enter Saladin, and Achmet. Sal. I do mistrust our spies:-- for, through the towns, / The Busy, populous towns that yet we've passed . . . ." Notebook with vellum-backed binding. Shelved as *Pforz 559R 14.
  • · Journal (extracts; transcript) : 22 Oct 1821-30 Jun 1822 [transcription date between May 1897 and 1902] : (S'ANA 0694) : 22 ¹/₂ page fascicle (5 double sheets, 2 single sheets) : manuscript copy in the hand of Richard Garnett; copied from the original, now in the British Library. Some portions of entries do not appear in Garnett's 1902 edition of the journal.
  • · To Thomas Medwin, writer and biographer : 1 autograph letter signed : [3 Jun 1821] : (S'ANA 0397) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Villa Poschi, Pugnano, 7 miles from Pisa : begins, "I am more annoyed than I can describe to you at the receipt of your last letter . . . ."
  • · To Jane Williams, his wife : 1 autograph letter signed : [6 Jul 1822] : (S'ANA 0152) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Leghorn : begins, "I have just left the quay, my dearest girl, and the wind blows right across to Spezia . . . ."
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Ships' logs.
  • Verse drama.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Edward Ellerker Williams, friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
965831390
Author
Williams, Edward Ellerker, 1793-1822.
Title
Edward Ellerker Williams manuscript material.
Publisher
1807-1822
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Edward Ellerker Williams, friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Added Author
Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, addressee.
Williams, Jane, 1798-1884, addressee.
Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906, scribe.
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