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John Wolcot manuscript material

Title
John Wolcot manuscript material, 1796-1806
Author
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.

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Additional Authors
  • Shield, William, 1748-1829
  • Walker, John, active 1781-1817
  • Spilsbury, Charles
Description
6 items
Summary
  • · Holograph poem, "Ode to the Passions" : [no date] : (MISC 4331) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Ye great rulers of mankind, who domineer over the soul . . . ." Along with a [proof?] print of the title page of his Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Colossuses, the Reviewers (1778), with printed slip correcting the motto.
  • · Holograph notations, variant titles for his "Island of Innocence" : [circa 1802] : (MISC 4332) : 3 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : in ink on blue-gray wrappers which probably once contained the manuscript of the poem.
  • · Holograph poetical fragments : [watermark = 1803] : (MISC 4333) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) : [no place] : begins, "Elegy - I feel my folly: I have pour'd too much . . . ."
  • · Autograph signature on manuscript money order : 29 May 1806 : (MISC 4334) : 1 page (single sheet) : from London : for John Walker, bookseller, to pay Charles Spilsbury £9.9.6. With signature on the verso of "Rob. Saunders," receiving for Spilsbury.
  • · To Richard Phillips, Esq. at Woodlands, near Swansea, Wales : 1 autograph letter signed "J: Wolcot" : 23 May 1796 : (MISC 4330) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from London, Chapel Street no. 1, Portland Place : begins, "A gentleman whose name is Campbell, wishes to have a picture or two of Old [?] Rednose . . . ."
  • · To William Shield, composer : 1 autograph note signed "J: W" : "Monday Morn.g" [circa 1800?] : (G'ANA 0043) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : body reads in full, "Pray dine with me at ¹/₂ past four & Curran and Godwin will be of the party."
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • John Wolcot [pseudonym Peter Pindar], English poet and satirist.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
967399738
Author
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.
Title
John Wolcot manuscript material, 1796-1806
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
John Wolcot [pseudonym Peter Pindar], English poet and satirist.
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Added Author
Shield, William, 1748-1829, addressee.
Walker, John, active 1781-1817, addressee.
Spilsbury, Charles, addresee.
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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