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1. Add MS 61686-61688

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Add MS 61686-61688
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F. Section III. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF SIR RICHARD STEELE 61686-61688. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXXVI-DLXXXVIII. Correspondence and papers of Sir Richard Steele, supplementing the large holding of Steele material already in the British Library, most notably Add. MS. 5145 A, B, C, which John Nichols presented to the British Museum and on which he based The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, 1787; 2nd ed. 1809. The provenance of the present papers is discussed by C. J. Wri...
Scope & Content:
Sir Richard Steele, author and politician: Correspondence and papers: 1696-aft. 1727, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1696-1727]
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 61687

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Vol. DLXXXVII (ff. 175). Letters to Steele as editor of the following periodicals. — (1) The Tatler; 1709-1710. See R. P. Bond, New Letters to The Tatler and Spectator, Austin, Texas 1959; A. J. Prescott, 'Some Further Letters to the Tatler and the Spectator', Factotum, 14 (April 1982), pp. 21-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709-1714
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 61688

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Vol DLXXXVIII (ff. 118). Literary papers; 1705-aft. 1727, n.d. Mostly autograph. Partly Latin and French. Comprises: — (1) Drafts, memoranda, etc., for: — (a) Epitaph on Robert, 3rd Baron Lucas; 1705. Latin. See Aitken Life of Steele, I, p. 107. f. 1; — (b) The Englishman's Thanks to the Duke of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1705-after 1727
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 61686

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Vol. DLXXXVI (ff. 169). (1) General correspondence of Steele and his 2nd wife, Mary, née Scurlock; 1705-1724, n.d. Partly French. Partly drafts. See The Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, ed. R. Blanchard, Oxford, 1941, and C. J. Wright, art. cit. ff. 1-67. Including: — (a) Letter of Rev. A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1696-1724
Extent:
1 item