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George Dyer manuscript material
- Title
- George Dyer manuscript material, 1792-1824.
- Author
- Dyer, George, 1755-1841.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- 17 items
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- · To Lucy Aikin, historian : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (MISC 3616a) : asking her to not request in public that he begin an autobiography.
- · To John Aikin, physician and writer : 1 autograph letter : w/m = 1801 : (MISC 3616b) : asking advice.
- · To David Booth, lexicographer and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 May 1821 (G'ANA 0034) : mentions tea with William Godwin.
- · To Mary Hays, writer : 8 autograph letters signed : 1792 - 1797 : (MISC 2164-2171) : two of the letters contain notes to Elizabeth Hays ; all letters published in full in Marilyn L. Brooks's Correspondence of Mary Hays.
- · To a Mr. Huntsman at Longman, Hurst & Co. : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Mar 1824 : (MISC 0676) : regarding his Privileges of the University of Cambridge.
- · To Capel Lofft, radical editor and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : w/m = 1806 : (MISC 3616f) : regarding Lofft's mention of him in the preface of Robert Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy.
- · To the Rev. Mr. Robinson in Chesterton, near Cambridge : 2 autograph letters signed : [dates uncertain] : (MISC 3616d-e) : explaining that he cannot get away because he has been called in to act as "one of the overseers" of his father's parish ; concerning the disposal of his father's goods so that he sent to the workhouse for nonpayment of debts.
- · To Gilbert Wakefield, biblical scholar and religious controversialist : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616c) : concerning the production of one of his books, etc.
- · To an unknown gentleman : 1 autograph letter signed : ca. 1794 : (MISC 3616g) : describing the last days and death of their friend the Rev. Mr. Robinson.
- Subject
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- George Dyer, English author and advocate of political reform. He wrote several works in the interest of England's poor, and counted many notable literary figures among his social circle, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Godwin, Southey, and Charles Lamb
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 174137726
- Author
- Dyer, George, 1755-1841.
- Title
- George Dyer manuscript material, 1792-1824.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- George Dyer, English author and advocate of political reform. He wrote several works in the interest of England's poor, and counted many notable literary figures among his social circle, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Godwin, Southey, and Charles Lamb
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- Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864, addressee.Aikin, John, 1747-1822, addressee.Booth, David, 1766-1846, addressee.Hays, Mary, 1759-1843, addressee.Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824, addressee.Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790, addressee.Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801, addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS