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Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834 Cover for Thomas Pringle's collection of autographs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.207 Author/Creator: Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letterbook Date: circa 1820-1850 Pagination: 1 cover Height: 26 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

The front cover of an autograph and correspondence album (approximately 80 items) assembled by Scottish poet, Thomas Pringle, with letters from poets, novelists, essayists, and other writers. The letters in this collection were disbound prior to acquisition by the Gilder Lehrman Collection. They are itemized alphabetically in the range of GLC00496.128-.276, intermittently. Pringle was a Scottish poet and became Secretary of the (British) Anti-Slavery Society in 1827, and some of these letters have come from his correspondence.

Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834

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