Research Catalog

Title

Thomas Forster manuscript material : 5 items, 1850-1859.

Author

Forster, T. (Thomas), 1789-1860.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866
• Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869

Found In

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

Description

5 items

Summary

• · To [?John Cam Hobhouse], Baron Broughton, politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1859 : (P'ANA 0039) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : from Chateau de Beaurepaire, Bologne sur Mer : begins, "Although I have not had the pleasure of seeing you since the days of Shelley & Byron I have taken the liberty of writing you, being in search of the address of a common friend, Tom L. Peacock the poet ..."
• · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 May 1850 : (P'ANA 0038) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Bruges : begins, "Since I had the pleasure of hearing from you, I have written to you to Hobhouse'sand also to Mrs. Meredith to the India House ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Mar 1859 : (P'ANA 0040) : 8 pages (1 double sheet; 2 single sheets) : from Beaurepaire, Bologne sur Mer : begins, "Unwilling to delay replying to thy welcome letter, I write a few lines today, but I am scarcely well enough to do even this. I laid aside my vegetable diet at a jolly friend's hospitable mansion in Sep 1857 and the cursed animal food acted like a slow poison ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 May 1859 : (P'ANA 0041) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Brighthelmstone, Sussex : in Latin; begins, "Literature poetica nes ideo minus eloquentes ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jun 1859 : (P'ANA 0042) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Brighthelmstone : begins, "Encore ici -- And I find I must return to Brussles immediately for I cannot get the kind of house my wife wants ..."

Subjects

• Scientists > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Forster, T (Thomas), 1789-1860 > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, English writer on science and phrenologist.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

854760929

Author

Forster, T. (Thomas), 1789-1860.

Title

Thomas Forster manuscript material : 5 items, 1850-1859.

Access

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

Biography

Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, English writer on science and phrenologist.

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Added Author

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866, recipient.

Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, recipient.

Found In:

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

Research Call Number

Pforz MS