Research Catalog

Title

John Aikin manuscript material, 1803-1807.

Author

Aikin, John, 1747-1822.

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Additional Authors

• Hays, Mary, 1759-1843
• Shepherd, William, 1768-1847

Description

8 items.

Subjects

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

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (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.

Call Number

Pforz MS

Author

Aikin, John, 1747-1822.

Title

John Aikin manuscript material, 1803-1807.

Summary

· 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 portion of letter missing; addressing his correspondent as "your Lordship." Within the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files.

Restricted Access

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

Biography

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.

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Added Author

Hays, Mary, 1759-1843, addressee.

Shepherd, William, 1768-1847, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS