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Title

William Gifford manuscript material, 1788-1824.

Author

Gifford, William, 1756-1826.

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Additional Authors

• Bandinel, James, 1783-1849
• Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848
• Blagg, Eliza
• Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
• Murray, Anne, 1782-1845
• Murray, John, 1778-1843
• Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
• Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826

Description

19 items

Summary

• · To James Bandinel, civil servant : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 3 Jun [1812?] : (MISC 2269) : begins, "Will you have the goodness to put up the inclosed for Bel. with your Cadiz packets ..." -- 22 Dec [1825?] : (MISC 2268) : discussing his debilitating illness.
• · To Sir John Barrow, promoter of exploration and author : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 2270) : including, "Tell George not to be discouraged with the pencil marks. Let him try & try again, & he will catch something of Anacreon's manner ..."
• · To Eliza Blagg at Grosvenor Gate, Hyde Park : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 3974) : expressing a longing to see her. Tipped into the grangerized copy of Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Hazlitt."
• · To William Cookesley, probably the son of Gifford's benefactor of the same name, who died in 1781 : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Apr 1788 : (MISC 0120) : planning for a possible visit.
• · To Isaac D'Israeli, writer : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1815] : (MISC 2314) : begins, "I thank you for your note. -- The first presentation of the Gypsies cannot possibly be earlier than 1620."
• · To Anne Murray, wife of John Murray, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 1352) : begins, "I am very sorry to hear that Mr. Murray is unwell ..."
• · To John Murray, publisher : 3 autograph letters signed : -- 24 Nov 1817 : (S'ANA 0461) : begins, "I return the manuscript I read carefully over this morning..." -- [ca. 1819] : (MISC 2375) : including, "I wish Mr. Croker would look at Maurice & Barghetta..." -- [1824] : (MISC 2315) : including, "Let Roworth go on with making up Paulding ..."
• · To "My dear Silene," at Ryde, Isle of Wight : 1 autograph letter signed : [25 Jul 1806] : (MISC 2313) : begins, "On returning this morning from a short visit to Hawkesubry I found to my little surprize, that our travellers were just arrived ..."
• · To Robert Southey, poet : 3 autograph letters signed : -- 11 Dec 1809 : (MISC 0236) : requesting a review of Clarke's Life of Nelson ; though he admits to never having seen Clarke's book, he advises Southey to chastise it. -- 28 Apr 1810 (MISC 0237) : comments on Southey's projected Life of Nelson. -- 3 Jan 1811 : (MISC 0238) : thanking him for an article, requesting another.
• · To Dr. Charles Symmons, poet and biographer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1809 : (MISC 0241) : on his own work ; mentions Heber, his editions of Jonson and Persius, Murray, et al.
• · To unidentified recipients : 4 letters : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jun 1809 : (SHEE 0001q) : begins, "I have rec'd your obliging letter, & thank you very sincerely for the good opinions you express of the Q[uarterly] R[eview] ..." Formerly laod in to the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Dec 1817 : (MISC 0239) : refering to a a contribution to the Quarterly Review. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Jul 1819 : (MISC 0240) : "You owe me no thanks. The manuscript of my commended friend was in my hands but a short time." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (MISC 0119) : begins, "I send you my wife's portrait to be framed ..."

Subjects

• Satirists, English > Correspondence
• Gifford, William, 1756-1826 > Correspondence
• Editors > Great Britain > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• William Gifford, English satirist and editor. His verse satire The Baviad was published in 1791, and he was the editor of the short-lived tory sponsored Anti-Jacobin, or Weekly Examiner. Gifford served as editor of The Quarterly Review from 1809 to 1824.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

233215910

Author

Gifford, William, 1756-1826.

Title

William Gifford manuscript material, 1788-1824.

Restricted Access

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

Biography

William Gifford, English satirist and editor. His verse satire The Baviad was published in 1791, and he was the editor of the short-lived tory sponsored Anti-Jacobin, or Weekly Examiner. Gifford served as editor of The Quarterly Review from 1809 to 1824.

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Added Author

Bandinel, James, 1783-1849, addressee.

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, addressee.

Blagg, Eliza, addressee.

Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, addressee.

Murray, Anne, 1782-1845, addressee.

Murray, John, 1778-1843, addressee.

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, addressee.

Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS