John Aikin manuscript material

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Creator

Aikin, John, 1747-1822.

Location

Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Extent

• 8 items.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Notes

· Holograph verse, "An epigramatic [sic] verse on a political writer of the day" : 11 Apr [no year] : (MISC 4023) 01b : 4 lines referring to Burke and Cooper, signed on verso with letter fragment. Title provided in another hand. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.

· To Mary Hays, writer : 5 autograph letters signed : 27 Sep 1803 - 14 Jan 1805 : (MISC 2147-2151). These letters are published in Marilyn L. Brooks's edition of the correspondence of Mary Hays.

· To Rev. William Shepherd at Gateacre : 1 autograph letter signed ; 15 Mar 1807 (MISC 2385).

· To an unidentified correspondent : 1 autograph letter signed (fragment) : [no date] : (HWD 08.016) : top portionof letter missing; addressing his correspondent as "your Lordship." Within the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files.

Biographical/Historical Note

John Aikin, the English physician and writer best remembered for his children's book Evenings at Home, a collaboration with his sister, the poet Anna Letitia Barbauld.

Controlled Access Terms

• Aikin, John, 1747-1822 -- Correspondence.
• Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
• English poetry -- 19th century -- Manuscripts -- Specimens.

Additional Creator Names

• Hays, Mary, 1759 or 60-1843. rcp.
• Shepherd, William, 1768-1847. rcp.
• Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925