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John Bowring manuscript material : 7 items
- Title
- John Bowring manuscript material : 7 items, 1822-1868
- Author
- Bowring, John, 1792-1872.
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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 7 items
- Summary
- · Holograph poem, "Buddhist Beatification" : no date : (MISC 4023.04b) : begins, "Abstraction from all cares, all thought, all love ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript material.
- · Holograph memorandum, "List of books to be specially kept" : [no date] : (BRNG 0066) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : attribution to Bowring not without doubt; a numbered list including several Bibles and classical works; concludes with the notice, "Note the MSS Letters & pedigrees are in my tin box at the office." Along with (probably unrelated) newspaper clipping re: rental at Ravensbury Park. -- Both items formerly laid in to the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring.
- · To Maria Gisborne, friend of Godwin and the Shelleys : 1 letter (transcript) : 21 Aug 1832 : (S'ANA 0545E) : in the hand of John Gisborne; refering to a letter recently received by Mary Shelley, on the subject of Jeremy Bentham. In the Gisborne Letterbook, filed under Gisborne.
- · To Sir George Grey, politician : 1 autograph letter (draft) unsigned : 28 May 1847 : (BRNG 0044) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 1 Queen Square, West. : begins, "I have again most respectfully, but most casually to impart your early & serious attention to the state of affairs in the Isle of Man ..." -- Mounted in the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring. -- Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
- · To Mary Lewin, née Peene, his sister-in-law : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1868 : (BRNG 0065) : 1 page (single sheet) : on embossed stationery of The Athenæum : begins, "I am here for a few days on diplomatic business ..." Formerly laid in to the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring.
- · To an unknown recipient : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Nov 1822 (MISC 2097), in French, indirectly mentioning his recent prison experience in France.
- · To an unknown recipient : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1828 : (P'ANA 0023) : enclosing to his correspondent a letter from John Cam Hobhouse, politician -- (enclosed letter no longer present).
- Subjects
- English poetry > 19th century > Manuscripts > Specimens
- Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869
- Diplomats > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
- Bowring, John, 1792-1872 > Correspondence
- Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence
- Politicians > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
- Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
- Note
- Also held is a copy of Jeremy Bentham's Chrestomathia, bearing Bowring's ink presentation inscription. Shelved with books under "Bentham."
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Sir John Bowring, British politician, diplomat, and writer.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 76945368
- Author
- Bowring, John, 1792-1872.
- Title
- John Bowring manuscript material : 7 items, 1822-1868
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Sir John Bowring, British politician, diplomat, and writer.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Gisborne, Maria, 1770-1836, addressee.Grey, George, Sir, 1799-1882, recpient.Lewin, Mary, 1798-1873, addressee.
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS