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Title

George Dyer manuscript material, 1792-1824.

Author

Dyer, George, 1755-1841.

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Additional Authors

• Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
• Aikin, John, 1747-1822
• Booth, David, 1766-1846
• Hays, Mary, 1759-1843
• Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824
• Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790
• Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801

Description

17 items

Summary

• · To Lucy Aikin, historian : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (MISC 3616a) : asking her to not request in public that he begin an autobiography.
• · To John Aikin, physician and writer : 1 autograph letter : w/m = 1801 : (MISC 3616b) : asking advice.
• · To David Booth, lexicographer and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 May 1821 (G'ANA 0034) : mentions tea with William Godwin.
• · To Mary Hays, writer : 8 autograph letters signed : 1792 - 1797 : (MISC 2164-2171) : two of the letters contain notes to Elizabeth Hays ; all letters published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays.
• · To a Mr. Huntsman at Longman, Hurst & Co. : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Mar 1824 : (MISC 0676) : regarding his Privileges of the University of Cambridge.
• · To Capel Lofft, radical editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : w/m = 1806 : (MISC 3616f) : regarding Lofft's mention of him in the preface of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy.
• · To the Rev. Mr. Robinson in Chesterton, near Cambridge : 2 autograph letters signed : [dates uncertain] : (MISC 3616d-e) : explaining that he cannot get away because he has been called in to act as "one of the overseers" of his father's parish ; concerning the disposal of his father's goods so that he sent to the workhouse for nonpayment of debts.
• · To Gilbert Wakefield, biblical scholar and religious controversialist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616c) : concerning the production of one of his books, etc.
• · To an unknown gentleman : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616g) : describing the last days and death of their friend the Rev. Mr. Robinson.

Subjects

• Dyer, George, 1755-1841 > Correspondence
• Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790 > Death
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence
• Reformers > Great Britain > 18th century > Correspondence
• Reformers > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 18th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• George Dyer, English author and advocate of political reform. He wrote several works in the interest of England's poor, and counted many notable literary figures among his social circle, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Godwin, Southey, and Charles Lamb

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

174137726

Author

Dyer, George, 1755-1841.

Title

George Dyer manuscript material, 1792-1824.

Restricted Access

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

Biography

George Dyer, English author and advocate of political reform. He wrote several works in the interest of England's poor, and counted many notable literary figures among his social circle, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Godwin, Southey, and Charles Lamb

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Added Author

Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864, addressee.

Aikin, John, 1747-1822, addressee.

Booth, David, 1766-1846, addressee.

Hays, Mary, 1759-1843, addressee.

Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824, addressee.

Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790, addressee.

Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS