Authors, English--19th century

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William Harrison Ainsworth letter to Charles Ollier, requesting that his friend make his earnest excuses to Lady [Catherine] Stanhope for refusing her invitation to "meet a few friends," as he is sure his friend was responsible for the invitation, and explaining that a long-standing engagement with [Henry] William Pickersgill prevents his accepting.

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William Harrison Ainsworth letter written to Sir John on mourning stationery, dated February 3, 1842.

Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...

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Books, largely first editions and presentation copies, as well as manuscript materials related to English poet, essayist, and biographer Austin Dobson.

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Consists of one autograph letter signed by William Hazlitt to an unidentified recipient circa 1815.

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This is a letter from English essayist and poet Leigh Hunt to English publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier.

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An autograph letter written by Charles Ollier to William Jerdan, requesting: "Will you do me personally the favor of inserting the enclosed [no longer present] in your literary announcements next week? When will you be so good as to think of Jenner[?]," postmarked November 7, 1827.

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These are two letters from English publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier to English essayist and poet Leigh Hunt.

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One autograph signed letter from Captain Mayne Reid to Charles Felt, on literary business matters, requesting arrangements for payment and procuring copyright, dated October 29, 1857.

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These three manuscripts are the seventh, tenth, and twelfth of twelve journal volumes created by a young Englishwoman named Emily Shore (1819-1839). Shore wrote these journals between October 1836 and July 1839, while she traveled around southern England, the Channel Islands, and Madeira, before dying of tuberculosis in Funchal, Madeira.