Harry Chester manuscript material : 1 item
- Title
- Harry Chester manuscript material : 1 item, 1834.
- Author
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319. | FormatArchival Mix | AccessPermit needed | Call numberPforz MS | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 item
- Summary
- · To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jul 1834 : (BLES 1.075) : from Privy Council Office, Downing St. : begins, "I have to request you will do me the favor to inform me whether the Book of Beauty is still open to contribution ... I have written some lines which have been approved by those who have seen them -- 100 lines rhyming upon a woman's name." Though the letter is addressed to "Sir," the recipient was clearly Lady Blessington, editor of the Book of Beauty. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
- Subject
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Language
- English
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Harry Chester, clerk in the Privy Council office. He was the son of Sir Robert Chetster of Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, who was Master of Ceremonies to George III.
- Author
- Chester, Harry, 1806-1868.
- Title
- Harry Chester manuscript material : 1 item, 1834.
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Harry Chester, clerk in the Privy Council office. He was the son of Sir Robert Chetster of Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, who was Master of Ceremonies to George III.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849. Addressee
- Found in:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research call number
- Pforz MS