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circa 1847

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph manuscript

Title: [The May sun sheds an amber light]

Poem lamenting a woman's death. Imprint of a crown on upper left hand corner.

GLC00496.134

March 22, 1828

Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 1786-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Thanks recipient for book of poetry. Discusses dinner plans with William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay. Buxton, Wilberforce and Macaulay were British abolitionists who worked for social reform. The letter also mentions Secretary of State Huskisson in relation to the Khoekhoe. Buxton also mentions meeting with Dr. Philips "on the subject of his Hottentots."

GLC00496.137

May 1, 1828

Campbell, John, 1766-1840

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Requests extra tickets for an antislavery meeting. Both Reverend Campbell and Pringle were abolitionists. Written in the Kingsland neighborhood of London.

GLC00496.138

January 4, 1829

Campbell, Thomas, 1763-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Confesses misplacing a paper. Encloses 3 pounds to help a child Pringle is sponsoring. Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist. Elder Campbell, a Seceder church preacher, was a founder of the Churches of Christ.

GLC00496.139

May 14, 1842

Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Madame Baguet

Returns the book "Poesies de Reboul." Includes family news. Clipped autograph of J. Jefferson affixed to back of item.

GLC00496.142

August 6, 1828

Clare, John, 1793-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses poetry and includes three sonnets.

GLC00496.144

May 4, 1838

Clarke, James, fl. 1811-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Pringle

Encloses a notice of Thomas Pringle's work that has been published posthumously in a newspaper. Clarke was a printer.

GLC00496.145

April 18, 1830

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses procedures for a public meeting on protecting the enslaved people in the crown colonies, namely Jamaica. Advises shrewd planning and maintaining a schedule.

GLC00496.146

1833

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses anti-slavery legislation and Pringle's Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC00496.147

1832

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses abolition debates in Parliament. Preaches about moral freedoms in regard to reason and conscience.

GLC00496.148

June 28, 1822

Croly, George, 1780-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses recipient's new colonial appointment and offers advice.

GLC00496.150

circa 1840

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

Autograph note signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Sending Pringle his book on the life of Robert Burns. Cunningham advises him to ignore what the critics have said. Date inferred from publication of the single volume "The works of Robert Burns," published 1840. Recipient inferred from partially clipped salutation. Cunningham's father was a neighbor of Burns.

GLC00496.151

October 21, 1832

Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Denounces a certain critic as having no genius and no right to judge his work. Sympathizes with Pringle's problems with booksellers.

GLC00496.152

23 March 1842

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B. B. French

Promises to send a copy of his remarks from a past engagement. French was Clerk of the House of Representatives.

GLC00496.153

June 6, 1849

Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1812-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Plans to visit recipient on next trip to London. Written in Rose Hill Neighborhood.

GLC00496.154

circa 1816-1827

Foscolo, Ugo, 1778-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Asks to borrow a copy of the volume containing his essay on the Lyrics of Tasso.

GLC00496.156

December 29, 1828

Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam; John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; Richard Fitzpatrick; Dudley Long North; Andrew St John, 13th Baron St John; Lord Robert…

GLC00496.157

May 1, 1830

Fraser, James Baillie, 1783-1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Wants Pringle to see a drawing of the massacre at Glen Coe and is eager to hear his opinions on the depiction's accuracy.

GLC00496.158

August 1830

Grant, Charles, 1778-1866

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas Pringle

Formal letter suggesting days and times for an interview.

GLC00496.161

February 17, 1842

Hall, Anna M., fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Madam

Anna M. Hall thanks an unnamed woman author for sending her book on female education. Hall feels there is currently no system of education in England, and the ideas the author espouses are much needed by the women of England. She thinks the author is wrong to elevate drawing over music, as music has given Hall much solace. Written on her Old Brompton letterhead. Possibly written near Alexandria, Virginia.

GLC00496.162