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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS HuntGuide to the Leigh Hunt collection of papers, 1772-1883 bulk (1813-1859). The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Staff 2006 Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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 Descriptive Summary Leigh Hunt collection of papers, 1772-1883 bulk (1813-1859). Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Berg Coll MSS Hunt151 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
New York, New York
 This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts and correspondence. Subjects Personal Names Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882. Brooke, Arthur. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Colburn, Henry, d. 1855. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.Forster, John, 1812-1876. Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884. Hunt, Marianne. Hunt, John, 1775-1848. Hunt, Thornton Leigh, 1810-1873. Keats, John, 1795-1821. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864. Lewes, George Henry, 1817-1878. Moxon, Henry. Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859.Ollier, Edmund, 1827-1886. Procter, Anne Skepper. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. Sturgis, Julia Overing Boit. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Gaston, E. P., former owner. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Young, Owen D., 1874- former owner. Subjects Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Document Types Correspondence Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

 Custodial History

The bulk of the materials was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. The Hunt family letters were previously owned by E. P. Gaston.

 Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

 Biography

Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist, literary critic, journalist, translator, editor and prose writer during the early nineteenth century. He spent two years in prison, from 1813 to 1815, after slandering the Prince Regent in an Examiner editorial. Hunt was the editor of the Examiner from 1808 until 1821.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts and correspondence by, to, and about Hunt and the Hunt family. The manuscripts include holographs of poems; notes; "Recollections and Memorandums Written during my Imprisonment in Surrey Jail"; an account of an amateur performance at Manchester for the benefit of Leigh Hunt; a manuscript poem by Charles Lamb in Lamb's hand; a translation by Hunt of Torquato Tasso's poem, "Amyntas"; and miscellaneous autograph material. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1806 to [1859], from the author to Arthur Brooke, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Byron, Henry Colburn, John Forster, R. H. Horne, Marianne Hunt (Leigh Hunt's wife), Henry Moxon, Charles Ollier, Edmund Ollier, and others. The correspondence also includes letters relating to the author, dating from 1772 to 1883, between various correspondents including William Harrison Ainsworth, Thornton Leigh Hunt, George Henry Lewes, A. S. Procter, and Mrs. Russell Sturgis, as well as letters to and from members of the Hunt family, relations in America and others, most of the letters relating to property at Port Royal near Philadelphia, left to Leigh Hunt and his brothers through his mother, Mary Shewall. There are letters to Hunt from Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, John Hunt, John Keats, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Percey Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, William Makepeace Thackeray, and others dating from 1813 to 1859.

 Series Descriptions/Container List Manuscripts Manuscripts written by Hunt Manuscript box Autograph material, misc.: two wrappers, one with signature, and 3 envelopes with his initials [n.d.] ms. 5 items

One signed wrapper, 3 envelopes with initials. H.

Regular & Oversize (+) Abou Ben Adhem. Holograph copy of the poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

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Manuscript box Cardinal's dance, The. Holograph poem n.d. ms. 5 p.

Inscribed by Harriet (?) Martineau, 1844

Cased Descent of liberty, The. Incomplete holograph. Corrected early proof of first sheet, corrected later revise of first two sheets, for the 1815 edition, laid in. The proof title-pages have imprint "London: Printed for James Cawthorn, 1815." [1815] ms. 98 p.

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Oversize box (+) Dreams on the borders of the land of poetry. Holograph n.d. ms. 10 p.

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box Fragment on his health, Holograph. n.d. ms. 1 p.

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Manuscript box Giafar. To Percy Bysshe Shelley. Holograph poem [n.d.] ms. 3 p.

First published with title Jaffar in The New Monthly Magazine, Feb., 1850. Y.

Cased Jar of honey: Chapter 12, A. Holograph, the first page wanting n.d. ms. 36 p.

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Cased "Look up once more and feel his flame revive". Incomplete holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

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Cased Memorandum of an agreement for publishing between Leigh Hunt and J. and Charles Whiting of Beaufort house. Holograph 1830 May 21 ms. 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Notes. Holograph. 1830 Mar. 12 ms. 6 lines

Signed. H.

Cased Notes of a lover of books. Garth & other lettered physicians. 5 p. of holograph ms. 5 p.

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Inserted in: Hunt, Leigh, comp. Readings for railways. London [1849] Copy 1 Of love to God and man. n.d. ms. 7 p. Manuscript box Of prayer and thanksgiving n.d. ms. 5 p.

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Cased Recollections & memorandums written during my imprisonment in Surrey jail [14th to 19th March, 1813]. Holograph [1813 Mar. 14 - 1813 Mar. 19] ms. 10 p.

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Manuscript box [Religion of the heart]. Holograph of the preface n.d. ms. 5 p.

Signed

Manuscript box To Hampstead: Winter has reached thee once again at last. Holograph poem. 1814 Nov. ms. 1 p.

First published in The Examiner, Dec. 18, 1814, as "Sonnet to Hampstead. IV"; H.

Inserted in his: Men, women, and books. London, 1847. V. 2 To Hampstead. Holograph poem. 1815 May ms. 1 p. Oversize (+) To the Right Honourable Lord Byron, on his departure for Italy & Greece. 1816 Apr. 13 ms. 3 leaves

With: Byron. 3 ALS to John Murray. [n.p.] Oct. 2, 1813. 1 p., Ravenna [Italy] Jan. 2, 1820. 1 p., [n.p., 1813?] 1 p.

Inserted in his: Men, women, and books. London, 1847. V. 1 To the same. Holograph poem 1814 Aug. ms. 1 p. Inserted in: Hunt, Leigh. Stories from the Italian poets. London, 1846. V. 2 Translation of The jealousy of Orlando, from Ariosto's Orlando. Incomplete holograph. n.d. ms. 9 p. Cased Vision, A. Incomplete holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

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Manuscripts relating to Hunt (Dickens) Amateur performance at Manchester for the benefit of Leigh Hunt. Statement of account. 1847 Aug. 25 ms. 1 item

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Manuscript box [Lamb, Charles]. To my friend, The Indicator. Holograph poem to Leigh Hunt. n.d. ms. 1 p.

Signed with "****"; Y.

Cased Tasso, Torquato. Amyntas. Translation by Leigh Hunt. Holograph. n.d. ms. 113 p.

Bound with: Tasso, T. Amyntas, a tale of the woods. London: For T. and J. Allman, 1820. 1st ed., 1st (?) issue.

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Oversize (+) [Adams], Junius Redivius [William Bridges]. ALS to 1831 Dec. 1 corr. out 1 leaf

With: ALS to Lord Holland. [Chelsea] July 5 [n.y.]

Oversize (+) [Adams], [Sarah] Flower [Mrs. William Bridges]. 2 ALS to [n.y.] Feb. 7; [n.y.] Feb. 12 corr. out 7 p.; 2 leaves

With: Hunt, Leigh. ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Cased Bentham, Jeremy. ALS to 1831 May 26 corr. out 3 p.

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Oversize (+) Blanchard, Laman. AN to n.d. corr. out 1 letter

With: ALS to Lord Holland. [Chelsea] July 5 [n.p.]

Cased [Bowring], Dr. Bowring [Sir John]. 2 ALS to 1830 Dec. 21 - 1831 Feb. 10 corr. out 3 p.

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Cased Brooke, Arthur. ALS to 1823 Apr. 9 corr. out 3 p.

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Manuscript box Brooke, Arthur. ALS to 1825 Mar. 12 corr. out 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Brooke, Arthur. ALS to 1833 Jan. 11 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Browning, Mrs. E. B. Copies, in unknown hand, of 5 letters of Leight Hunt: 1 to 1858 Nov. 26 - 1859 Jan. 27 corr. out 7 p.

With: 1 ALS to C. Knight, 3 ALS to Frederick Locker-Lampson. H.

Manuscript box Bryon, Lord. ALS to 1822 Jan. 27 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Chatelain, Chevalier Jean Baptiste Francois Ernest de. ALS to [n.y.] May 26 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Colburn, [Henry]. AL, in the third person, to 1825 May 28 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Colburn, [Henry]. Draft of a letter to [n.y.] Jan. 15 corr. out 3 p.

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Manuscript box Cunningham, Peter. ALS to [1845] June 17 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Dalby, Mr. ALS to [1856] Sept. 27 or [1857] Sept. 27 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Dalby, Mr. ALS to [1859] June 6 corr. out 2 leaves

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Cased Dodd, James. ALS to [n.y.] Feb. 14 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Drake, W. R. ALS to [n.y.] July 20 corr. out 1 leaf Cased Forster, John. ALS to. Relates to Thackeray's Vanity fair [1847?] Dec. 7 corr. out 2 leaves

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Oversize (+) (Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F. G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 2 Harral, Horace. ALS to [n.y.] Apr. 2 corr. out 1 p. Oversize (+) Holland, Lord. ALS to [n.y.] July 5 corr. out 2 leaves

With: Ivory miniature, wash drawing, and engravings of Hunt. Y.

Manuscript box Horne, R. H. ALS to 1837 July 19 corr. out 2 p.

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Manuscript box Horne, R. H. ALS to [1844?] Feb. 18 corr. out 2 leaves

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Inserted in: Hunt, Leigh. Imagination and fancy. 3rd ed. London, 1846. Copy 2 Horne, R. H. ALS to [n.y.] Nov. 24 corr. out 3 p. Manuscript box Hunt. 75 manuscript letters to and from members of the Hunt family, relations in America and others, most of the letters relating to property at Port Royal near Philadelphia, left to Leigh Hunt and his brothers through his mother, Mary Shewall. 1772 - 1883 corr. out 75 letters

Some signed. E. P. Gaston; Howe.

Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS incomplete to his wife 1806 Feb. corr. out 2 leaves

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Oversize (+) Hunt, Marianne. 4 ALS to his wife 1813 Apr. 26 - 1813 June 7 corr. out 4 letters

The first letter with postscript to his son Thornton, on last leaf; Y.

Oversize (+) Hunt, Marianne. 8 ALS to his wife 1813 May 4 - 1813 June 11 corr. out 8 letters

With his: ALS to Lord Holland. [Chelsea] July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to his wife 1829 Oct. 8 corr. out 2 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to his wife 1832 Aug. 10 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to his wife [1852?] June 23 corr. out 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to his wife [1852?] June 25 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to his wife [1852?] July 8 corr. out 2 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne AL to his wife [n.y.] Aug. 30 corr. out 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Hunter, John. ALS to [n.y.] Aug. 2 corr. out 2 leaves

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Oversize (+)(Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F.G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 2 Jones, W[--?]. ALS to [n.y.] July 5 corr. out 2 leaves Oversize (+)(Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F.G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 2 Kaye, J[--?] W[--?]. ALS to [n.y.] Feb. 10 corr. out 1 leaf Manuscript box [Latimer?], [Isaac]. ALS to [1857?] Apr. 25 corr. out 1 p.

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Oversize (+)(Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F.G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 1 Lumley, G[--?]. ALS to [1842] May 18 corr. out 1 p. Oversize (+) Mathews, Mrs. Charles. 2 ALS to 1837 Dec. 7; 1837 Dec. 9 corr. out 5 p.; 1 p.

With: ALS to Lord Holland. [Chelsea] July 5 [n.y.]

Oversize (+) Morgan, Mr. ALS to 1828 Nov. 25 corr. out 1 p.

With: LS to Lord Holland. [Chelsea] July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box Moxon, Henry. ALS to [1833] Aug. 16 corr. out 1 p.

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Oversize (+)(Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F.G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 1 Moxon, Henry. ALS to [n.y.] Jan. 7 corr. out 3 p. Cased Ollier, Charles. ALS to 1840 Mar. corr. out 2 leaves

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Cased Ollier, Charles. ALS to 1843 Apr. 13 corr. out 3 p.

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Manuscript box Ollier, Charles. ANS to 1846 Aug. 20 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Ollier, [Charles}. ALS to 1848 June 6 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Ollier, Charles. Copy of a letter to him from Hunt in hand of Ollier. [18]51 June 19 corr. out 3 p.

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Manuscript box Ollier, [Charles]. ANS to [18]53 Aug. 24 corr. out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Ollier, [Charles]. ALS to [1856] May 2 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Ollier, [Charles]. ALS to 1858 May 27 corr. out 2 leaves

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Oversize (+) Ollier, Charles. ALS to [n.y.] Feb. corr. out 2 leaves

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box Ollier, Edmund. ALS to [1859] Feb. 17 corr. out 1 leaf

With: ALS to Edmund. Y.

Manuscript box [Ollier], Edmund. ALS to [1859] Feb. 24 corr. out 3 p.

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Manuscript box [Ollier], Edmund. ALS to [1859] June 20 corr. out 2 leaves

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Oversize (+) Philippart, Sir John. 2 ALS to 1857 Dec. 29 - 1858 Jan. 7 corr. out 1 leaf; 1 p.

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Oversize (+) Procter, Anne Skepper. ALS to [n.y.] May 28 corr. out 1 leaf

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Inserted in his: A jar of honey from Mount Hybla. London, 1848. Copy 3 [publisher?], ALS to his [n.y.] Dec. 17 corr. out 3 p. Cased R[--?], T[--?] W[--?]. ALS to 1836 Jan. 28 corr. out 1 leaf

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Cased Roberts, Capt. ALS to 1822 July 16 corr. out 1 p.

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Oversize (+) Stritch, Bartholomew. ALS to 1820 July 10 corr. out 1 p.

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box Twalmley, Miss. ALS to 1837 July 20 corr. out 3 p.

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Oversize (+)(Dickens)-B. In: Kitton, F.G. Charles Dickens by pen and pencil. London, 1890-92. Copy 2, v. 2 Watts, Alaric A[--?]. ALS to 1827 Sept. 13 corr. out 1 leaf Oversize (+) Wilson, John. ALS to [n.y.] Aug. 2 corr. out 1 leaf

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Oversize (+) In: Moran, Mrs. E. R. Album of autographs and sketches [--?]. ALS to [1846 Sept. 22] corr. out 2 leaves Cased [--?]. ALS to [n.y.] Jan. 4 corr. out 2 leaves

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Manuscript box [--?]. ALS to [n.y.] June 4 corr. out 2 leaves Inserted in: Heads of the people. London, 1840-41. 1st ed. In book form. Copy 2, vol. 1 [--?]. ALS to [n.y.] July 28 corr. out 3 p. Oversize (+) [--?]. ANS to [n.y.] Sept. 26 corr. out 1 p.

With: ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]

Manuscript box [--?]. ALS to. Mentions John Keats [n.y.] Nov. 19 corr. out 2 leaves Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Ainsworth, W. H. ALS to Hunt 1843 Dec. 13 in. corr. 3 p.

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Cased Browning, Robert. ALS to Hunt [n.y.] Aug. 20 in. corr. 2 leaves

Harry Bache Smith bookplate; H.

Manuscript box Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st baron Lytton. AL to Hunt [n.y.] May 28 in. corr. 1 p.

Signed "Edw. Lytton Bulwer"

Cased Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th baron. ALS to Hunt. Actual date 1822 1823 Sept. 15 in. corr. 1 leaf

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Cased Campbell, Thomas. ALS to Hunt 1826 Aug. 11 in. corr. 1 leaf

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Cased Carlyle, Thomas. ALS to Hunt. Facsimile? 1850 June 17 in. corr. 2 leaves

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Inserted in his: Leigh Hunt and Harold Skimpole. [n.d.] Dickens, Charles. ALS to Hunt 1859 June 23 in. corr. 1 p. Inserted in his: Oliver Twist. London, 1838. Copy 4, vol. 1 Dickens, Charles. ALS to Hunt [n.d.] in. corr. 3 p. Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt [1823] in. corr. 3 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt 1824 Dec. 21 in. corr. 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt 1836 June 30 in. corr. 3 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt 1837 Aug. 12 in. corr. 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt [1837 Sept. 20] in. corr. 1 leaf

Pencil tracing laid in H.

Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt. Mutilated 1839 Aug. 31 in. corr. 1 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt [n.d.] in. corr. 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Hunt, John. ALS to his brother Leigh Hunt [n.d.] in. corr. 3 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to her husband [1813] [May] 7 - [1813][May] 9 in. corr. 3 p.

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Manuscript box Hunt, Marianne. ALS to her husband 1835 Aug. 22 in. corr. 2 leaves

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Manuscript box Keats, John. ALS to Hunt [1820 Aug.] in. corr. 1 p.

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Cased Lamb, Charles. 2 ALS to Hunt 1826 May 4; [1827] [Dec. 11?] in. corr. 1 p. each

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Oversize (+) Landor, Walter Savage. ALS to [Leigh Hunt] [n.d.] in. corr. 2 p.

With poem "To Joseph Ablett...", on p. 1-3. H.

Manuscript box Procter, Bryan Waller. 2 ALS to Hunt [1835]; 1855 Oct. 2 in. corr. 1 p. each (Hunt, L.) Severn, Joseph. ALS to Hunt 1823 June 26 in. corr. 2 leaves

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(Hunt, L.) Severn, Joseph. ALS to Hunt 1824 May 20 in. corr. 2 leaves

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Inserted in: Hunt, Leigh. Table-talk. London, 1851. Copy 1 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. ALS to Hunt [n.d.] in. corr. 1 p. Manuscript box Shelley, Percy Bysshe. ALS to Hunt 1821 Feb. 17 or [1822?] Feb. 17 in. corr. 2 leaves

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Oversize (+) Shelley, Percy Bysshe. ALS to Hunt 1818 Dec. 22 in. corr. 2 leaves

Herbert S. Leon bookplate; H.

Manuscript box Thackeray, William Makepeace. ANS to Hunt. Date should read 1848 1847 Jan. 3 in. corr. 1 leaf

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Manuscript box Thackeray, William Makepeace. ALS to Hunt [1847 July?] in. corr. 1 p.

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Manuscript box Thackeray, William Makepeace. ALS to Hunt [1847?] in. corr. 1 p.

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Related Correspondence Manuscript box Ainsworth, William Harrison. ALS to [--?] relating to Leigh Hunt 1859 Aug. 4 related corr. 3 p. Manuscript box Lewes, George Henry. 7 ALS to Thornton Leigh Hunt [ca. 1849] related corr. 7 letters in 1 folder

With: 5 ALS to Thornton Leigh Hunt from Larken Edmund Roberts; ANS by George Henry Lewes in one of Edmund R. Larken's letters.

Manuscript box Procter, A. S. ALS to Mrs. Russell Sturgis regarding Leigh Hunt and Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1855 Oct. 2 related corr. 2 p.

Deming; Berg

Portraits Oversize (+) Wilkie, Sir David. [Hunt, Leigh]. Original water color portrait n.d. portraits 1 item

Measures 19.5 x 12.5 cm.; with: Hunt, Leigh. ALS to Lord Holland. Chelsea, July 5 [n.y.]. Y.