William Hazlitt holograph note of subscription to Mr. Saunder's Library
Scope and Content Note
Nineteenth-century English critic William Hazlitt wrote this request for a subscription to Mr. Saunder's circulating library from his home in Piccadilly, London.
In addition to ordering a quarter year subscription, Mr. Hazlitt requested the first volume of "Sully's Memoirs (English)" and a copy of "Miss Baillie's Plays." Although undated, the address on the note is 10 Down Street, Piccadilly, which was Hazlitt's London address from 1824 until his death in 1830.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1824-1830
Creator
- Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
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William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
English literary and social critic William Hazlitt was born April 10, 1778, in Maidstone, Kent.
Best known for his essays on a wide range of topics, William Hazlitt also studied painting, and in 1803, painted portraits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.
Hazlitt’s published work consisted chiefly of essays and speeches, including An Essay of the Principles of Human Action (1805), Free Thoughts on Public Affairs (1806), Reply to the Essay on Population (1807), and an anthology of parliamentary speeches in 1807.
In 1812, Hazlitt gave a series of lectures at the Russell Institute in London. In the same year, he became the parliamentary correspondent for the Morning Chronicle on the recommendation of his friend Charles Lamb. Between 1813 and 1830, Hazlitt wrote for a variety of periodicals including The Examiner, Champion, Edinburgh Review, and London Magazine.
By 1826, William Hazlitt began writing The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, which he completed in 1830. On September 18, 1830, William Hazlitt died.
"William Hazlitt." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Gale Biography In Context. http://ic.galegroup.com (accessed March 2012).
Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
Nineteenth-century English critic William Hazlitt wrote this request for a subscription to Mr. Saunder's circulating library from his home in Piccadilly, London.
Source
Purchase, January 2012.
Shelving Summary
Box 63, F0915: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing
Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, March 2012. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for William Hazlitt holograph note of subscription to Mr. Saunder's Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2012 March 8
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository