Research Catalog

Title

Thomas Charters manuscript material, 1815-1844

Author

Charters, Thomas, 1782 or 1783-1847.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866
• Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Description

5 items

Summary

• · Holograph memorandum signed : 27 Jul 1827 : (S'ANA 1018) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [from London?] : begins, "Upon Percy Bysshe Shelley's business concerning a debt secured to me by a bill of exchange and a bond and judgment confessed to secure to me the payment of any debt of Five hundred and odd pounds viz . . ."; with an addendum dated "August 1828" on page 2.
• · Autograph annotation on P. B. Shelley's credit reference document : [document creation date 14 May 1813; annotation date perhaps much later] : (PBS 0157) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : reads in full, "Referred to the above Gentlemen by Mr P. B. Shelley." Document published in full as SC 231 in Shelley and his Circle, volume III, page 179. Filed under "Shelley."
• · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Aug 1844 : (S'ANA 0284) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 6 New Chapel Place, Kentish Town : begins, "Being a creditor of the late Percy Bysshe Shelley Esq. for Coachmakers work done for him up to November 1815 to the amount of £532..11..0 . . . ."
• · To Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet : 1 autograph bill of exchange, signed : 27 Nov 1815 : (PBS 0163) : 1 page (single sheet) : from London : for £532.11s.6d. from Shelley to Charters; countersigned and addressed provided by Shelley. Published in full with commentary as SC 301 in Shelley and his Circle volume IV, page 578. Filed under "Percy Bysshe Shelley."
• · Judgment for Thomas Charters against P. B. Shelley : 16 Nov 1816 : (S'ANA 1067) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (single sheet) : [from London] : legal document in divers hands; begins, "Michaelmas Term in the ffifty Seventh Year of the reign of King George the Third no. Roll 818. Law and Markham to wit Thomas Charters, puts in his place Parr Popkin his Attorney against Percy Bysshe Shelley Esquire in a Pleas of Debt." Published in full with commentary as SC 373 in Shelley and his Circle, volume V, page 1.

Subjects

• Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 > Estate
• Legal documents > Great Britain > 19th century > Manuscripts > Specimens
• Carriage industry > Great Britain > Employees > 19th century > Correspondence
• Charters, Thomas, 1782 or 1783-1847 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Thomas Charters, coachmaker in London.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

85895874

Author

Charters, Thomas, 1782 or 1783-1847.

Title

Thomas Charters manuscript material, 1815-1844

Restricted Access

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

Biography

Thomas Charters, coachmaker in London.

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Added Author

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866, addressee.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, addressee.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, signer.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS