Research Catalog

Title

Alaric Alexander Watts manuscript material, 1823?-1837

Author

Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maude, Thomas, 1801-1865
• Parry, James, 1795-1871
• Porter, Jane, 1776-1850
• Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850

Description

8 items

Summary

• · To the Rev. Thomas Maude, clergyman and minor poet : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Jun 1830 : (MISC 1590) : 2 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 58 Torrington Square : begins, "I should be more insensible than I am to the merits of good poetry . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Jan 1836 : (MISC 1587) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Torrington Square : begins, "Mrs. Watts has requested me to thank you for the elegant little poem . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Feb 1836 : (MISC 1533) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Torrington Square : begins, "I regret that an extract which it was intended should have been made from your poem was unavoidably omitted . . ."; with a newspaper clipping of a review of Maude's School-Boy pasted on page 3 of the letter sheet. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Dec 1837 : (MISC 1589) : 3 ³/₄ pages (double sheet) : from Ember Cottage, Thames Ditton : begins, "I have to claim your indulgence for my [?] to notice the new edition of your elegant little volume . . . ."
• · To [?James Parry, painter and engraver] : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Oct 1830 : (MISC 3358) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 58 Torrington Square : begins, "I am informed by my friend Mr Procter that you have become the possessor of two little drawings by Stothard . . . ." On page 2 in the lower left corner has been added in pencil, in what appears to be a contemporary hand, "J. Parry Esq."
• · To Jane Porter, novelist : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1826 : (MISC 2648) : 4 ¹/₂ pages (1 double sheet + 1 single sheet) : from 5 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall : begins, "By some fatality which I am wholly unable to account a packet left in the hands of my booksellers several months ago for you has been mislaid." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jun 1826 : (MISC 2649) : 5 ¹/₂ pages (2 double sheets) : from 8 North Bank, Regents Park : begins, "Your favor of the 17th did not reach me in time to admit of my sending a reply to Wimpole St before you left town . . . ."
• · To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday" [watermark = 1823] : (SHEE 0030a) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Torrington Square : begins, "I have been engaged for some years in illustrating a simple volume of my poems . . . ." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."

Subjects

• Journalists > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864 > Correspondence
• Poets, English > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Alaric Alexander Watts, English journalist and poet.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

960384109

Author

Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864.

Title

Alaric Alexander Watts manuscript material, 1823?-1837

Access

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

Biography

Alaric Alexander Watts, English journalist and poet.

Added Author

Maude, Thomas, 1801-1865, addressee.

Parry, James, 1795-1871, addressee.

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850, addressee.

Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850, addressee.