Research Catalog

Title

John Galt manuscript material : 14 items, 1821?-1838.

Author

Galt, John, 1779-1839.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
• Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836.

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

14 items

Summary

• · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 12 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jul 1822 : (BLES 3.183) : from Kings Arms, Liverpool : begins, "On Monday evening I was so distinctly impressed with the repugnance your Ladyship feels at the idea of going to Ireland …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Dec 1822 : (BLES 3.184) : from 32 Tavistock Place : begins, "Mrs. Galt, during my absence in Scotland, having gone to the seaside with her father, your Ladyship's estimable letter with my Lord's lay neglected here …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [watermark = 1831] : (BLES 3.194a) : from Athenaeum : begins, "I am so much engaged now during the day, and so lame, that it is seldom in my power to have the gratification of calling on your Ladyship." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Saturday" [watermark = 1832] : (BLES 3.194b) : from 12 Cecil St., Strand : begins, "The first day I have been able to sit up cannot be better devoted than in writing to you." -- 1 letter signed : 4 Feb 1833 : (BLES 3.185) : from B. A.L. Company's Office : in the hand of an amanuensis, with Galt's autograph signature; begins, "I have set out three times purposely to call on your Ladyship …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Jul 1834 : (BLES 3.186) : from Edin[burgh] : begins, "Frequently since I left London I have intended to have this pleasure …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Aug 1834 : (BLES 3.187) : from Maybank, Gourock, by Greenock : begins, "Since I had this pleasure with the Legend of Flowers, I have come from Edinburgh …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Oct 1834 : (BLES 3.188) : from Greenock : begins, "Last night I received a letter from London, which induces me to request your Ladyship to pay no attention to what I said respecting my late publisher." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Feb 1835 : (BLES 3.189) : from Greenock : begins, "On the evening I last had this pleasure I was taken unwell…" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug 1835 : (BLES 3.190) : from Greenock : begins, "I send your Ladyship a little elegiac poem which may possibly suit the Book of Beauty …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Dec 1838 : (BLES 3.191) : from Greenock : begins, "A number of little incidents have occurred within these few days to cause me to remember your Ladyship …" -- 1 letter signed : "Tuesday" : (BLES 3.192) : from Barn Cottage : in the hand of an amanuensis, with Galt's autograph signature; begins, "I was guilty yesterday of a very stupid thing, but could not help it." -- All letters to Blessington mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers.
• · To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph presentation inscription : [1821?] : (B'ANA 0775) : in Pforzheimer copy 2 of Galt's Ayrshire Legatees, title page verso; reads in full: "To Lord Byron / from his friend / the Author." Shelved as *Pforz BT (Byronana. 04).
• · To Thomas Cadell, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Feb 1822 : (MISC 1563) : on business matters ; suggesting that remaining copies of a work be sold to close an account.

Subjects

• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Friends and associates
• Authors, Scottish > Correspondence
• Galt, John, 1779-1839 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• John Galt, Scottish-born novelist. He befriended Lord Byron and Lady Blessington during travels on the Continent, and later wrote one of the first biographies of Byron.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

232303531

Author

Galt, John, 1779-1839.

Title

John Galt manuscript material : 14 items, 1821?-1838.

Restricted Access

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

Biography

John Galt, Scottish-born novelist. He befriended Lord Byron and Lady Blessington during travels on the Continent, and later wrote one of the first biographies of Byron.

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Added Author

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849. Addressee

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Addressee

Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836. Addressee

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS