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Add MS 27925

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ORIGINAL, letters of literary men, actors, etc., addressed principally to Frederic Reynolds, the play-writer, and various members of his family; 1759-1839, viz. :-

[George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron] Dover; Roehampton, 10 Oct. 1832. With seal. f. 144. Miles Peter Andrews; Dartford, II Aug. 1812 [21 Dec. s.a., -March, s.a.], ff. 30, 34, 36. John Banim; Boulogne, 15 July, 1829. With seal. f. 127. John Bannister; 2 Jan. 1824. With seal. f. 71. Ann Barry [afterwards Crawforti]; London, 25 Oct. s.a., f. 15. Thomas Heynes Bayley; Boulogne, is March, 1833. With Ital. f. 152. Jams Boaden 25 May, 1826, f. 85 John Calcraft; 22 Feb. s.a. With seal. f. 103. [George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of] Essex, to T. Harris; Woburn Abbey, 15 Nov. 1815, f. 52. Samuel Taylor Coleridge; n.d., f. 122. George Colman, jun.; London, 23 June, 1826,24 Jan. 1828, 5 May, 1831. With seal. ff. 95, 111, 137. [Hon.] R[ichard] K[eppel] Craven [3rd son of William, 6th Lord Craven; Naples,] 6 Dec. [1838]. With seal. f. 161. [Rev] G[eorge] Croly; n.d., f. 75. J[ohn] Edwin; - Apr. 1790, f. 10. R[obert] W[illiam] Elliston to H. Harris; London, 24 Dec. 1823, f. 70. William Thomas Fitzgerald; n.d., f. 37. David Garrick; London, 19 Nov. s.a., f. 14. William Godwin; London, 10 June, s.a., f. 18. R- Gooch librarian to George IV.; Carlton House, 26 May, 1826, f. 87. C[atharine] F[rances] Gore; n.d. With seal. ff. 132,133. Henry Harrio; Cobham, 22 Oct. 1827. With seal. f. 107. [Henry John George Herbert Lord] Porchester [afterwards 3rd Earl of Carnarvon]; Highclere, 13 Aug. 1830, f. 129. Theodore E[dward] Hook; Putney, 20 Dec. 1825, f. 83. [George William Frederic Howard, Viscount] Morpeth [afterwards 7th Earl of Carlisle]; London, 17 Mar. s.a., f. 157. Elizabeth Inchbald; London, 15 June, 1805, f. 24. Joeeph Jekyll; London, 20 Doe. 1832. With seal. f. 146. [Dorothy] Jordan to H. Harris; Bushy, n.d., f. 165. Edmund Kean; Londonderry, 1 Oct. s.a., f. 64. J[ohn] P[hilip] Kemble; London, n.d., f. 16. James Kenney; London, 2 Feb. 1833, f. 148. William Kitchiner, M.D.; London, 29 Nov. 1825, -, 10 Feb. 1827. With seals. ff. 77, 79, 89, 91, 101. L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon; London, n.d., f. 170. [Lord] F[rancis] Leveson-Gower [afterwards Lord Prancia Egerton, and eventually 1st Earl or Ellesmere]; London, 14 May, 1828, f. 116. Thomas Henry Lister; London, n.d. With seal. f. 178. John Liston; London, 21 May, 1824. With seal. f. 73. Henry Luttrell; London, 16 Apr. 1831, f. 135. [Sir] J[ames] Mackintosh; Clapham, 16 Aug. 1828. With seal. f. 118. Charles Macklin to W. C. Macready; 18 Aug. 1785, f. 7. J[ames] Montgomery to Dr. Lairdner; Bath, 16 Feb. 1832, f. 141. Thomas Moore; Devizes, 21 Oct. 1828. With seal. f. 120. J[ames] Morier; London, 24 Feb. 1834. With seal. f. 155. Thomas Morton; Paris, 13 Dec. 1817, f. 58. John O'Keeffe to T. Harris; Chichester, 2 Ort. 1819, f. 67. E[lizabeth] O'Neill to H. Garbois and H. Harris; Drogheda, London, 8 Oct. 1810, and n.d., ff. 26, 46, 60. A[melia] Opie; n.d., f. 168. [Alfred] Comte d'Orsay; n.d. Fr. f. 176. J[ohn] Palmer to H. Harris; Brighton, n. d. With seal. f. 32. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to Captain Sir G. Westphal; London, 19 Apr. 1839, f. 163. [Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of] Mulgrave [afterwards 1st Marquif; of Normanby]; n.d., f. 159. Frederic Pigon; London, 6 Sept. 1814. With seal. f. 48. J[ohn] Poole; n d., f. 97. Jane Porter to Mrs. Reynolds and H. Harris; Long Ditton, 13 Jan. 1817, 3 Sept. 1818, ff. 54, 62. Arabella Poyntz to H. Harris; Wivenhoe, 10 Nov. 1814, f. 50. John Reynolds; London, 14 Nov. 1771, f. 4. Samuel Rogers; London, 7 Apr. s.a., f. 172. Barry St. Leger; London, 3 Feb. s.a., f. 99. [Sir] Walter Scott, [Bart]; London, 26 Apr. s.a., f. 113. Mary [Wollstonecraft] Shelley; London, Sandgate, 17 June, 1829, and n.d., ff. 123,125. Richard Brinsley Sheridan to T. Harris and C. Wood; London, 2 July, 1782, 15 Jan. s.a. and n.d., ff. 5, 43, 45. William Shield; - May, 1826, f. 93. Sarah Siddons; 13 Dec. 1813. With seal. f. 41. James Smith; London, n.d. f. 174. Catharine Stephens, [afterwards 2nd wife of George Capel Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex]; n.d., f. 69. E[mmeline] C[harlotte] E[lizabeth, wife of Charles] Stuart Wortley [2nd son of Lord Wharncliffe]; n.d., f. 166. Marie Taglioni to W. C. Macready; 13 May, s.a. Fr. f. 139. John Thelwall to H. Harris; London, 18 Nov. 1817, f. 56. Captain Edward Topham; The Cottage, Sussex, and London, 15 Sept. 1805, 6 Sept, 1814. With sea1. ff. 22, 48. Miss A- W- Tree to H. Harris; n.d., f. 65. Ellen Tree to - Moore; n.d., f. 142. Arthur Weilealey, Duke of Wellington, to - Leeks; London, 2 May, 1828, f. 115. Samuel Whitbread, M.P.; Southall, 5 Sept. 1813, f. 39. John Wilkes; London, 14 Nov. 1771, f. 3. John M- Williams [alias Anthony Pasquin] to H. Harris; Paris, 13 June, 1811, f. 28. Francis Willis, M.D.; 25 Sept. 1793, f. 11. William Wordsworth; Ambleside, n.d., and Penrith, 24 Oct. s.a., ff. 105, 109. [Francis] Wrangham, Archdeacon [of East Riding]; Chester, 4 Feb. 1833. With seal. f. 150. C[harles] M- Young; 30 Nov. 1825. With seal f. 81.

Included are also a. Agreement for the representation of "Love à la Mode," a farce by C. Macklin; 28 Nov. 1759. Signed by James Lacy and D. Garrick, and witnessed by R. Cross and George Garrick. f. 1 b. b. Verses of Catharine, wife of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham; Grange, 23 -, s.a. Holograph, unsigned. f. 9. c. Agreement for the representation of a comedy by F. Reynolds at Drury Lane; 23 Jan. 1797. Signed by R. B. Sheridan. f. 13. d. "Prologue to Arbitration, or Free and Easy. Spoken by Mr. Farley." Addressed to John Henry Lowther, M.P. f. 20. Paper. Quarto.

Scope & Content:

Drama: Letters from actors and others to F. Reynolds: 1759-1839.

Frederic Reynolds: Letters to, from authors, actors, etc.: 1759-1839.

includes:

f. 1 Charles Macklin: Agreement by Lacy and Garrick to play his "Love á la Mode": 1759.
f. 1 James Lacy: Agreement to play a farce by C. Macklin: 1759.
f. 1 David Garrick, actor: Agreement with C. Macklin: 1759.
f. 3 John Wilkes: Letter to Mrs. Reynolds: 1771.
f. 4 John Reynolds, Under-Sheriff of London: Letter to his wife: 1771.
ff. 5, 45 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Letters to T. Harris and F. Reynolds 1782,: circ. 1815.
f. 7 Charles Macklin: Letters to W. C. Macreacy: 1785.
f. 9 Catharine Howard, wife of Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham: Verses: 18th cent.
f. 10 John Edwin: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1790.
f. 11 Francis Willis, MD: Letter to J. Reynolds: 1793.
f. 13 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Agreement to play a comedy by F. Reynolds: 1797.
f. 13 Frederic Reynolds: Agreement of R. B. Sheridan, to produce a comedy by: 1797.
f. 14 David Garrick, actor: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 16 John Philip Kemble: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1800.
f. 18 William Godwin: Letter to F. Reynolds: circ. 1803.
f. 20 Farley, Actor: Prologue to "Arbitration" spoken by: 19th cent.
f. 20 Drama: Prologue to "Arbitration," spoken by- Farley: 18th cent.
ff. 22,48 Major Edward Topham, Author: Letters to F. Reynolds: 1805, 1814.
f. 24 Elizabeth Inchbald: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1805.
ff. 26, 46, 60 Elizabeth O'Neill, Actress: Letters to H. Garbois and H. Harris: 1810, 1814.
f. 28 John M- Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin: Letter to H. Harris: 1811.
ff. 30, 34, 36 Miles Peter Andrews: Letters to F. Reynolds: 1812, n.d.
f. 32 John Palmer: Letter to H. Harris: 1818.
f. 37 William Thomas Fitzgerald: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 39 Samuel Whitbread, junior, MP: Letter to T. Harris: 1813.
f. 41 Sarah Siddons: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1813.
f. 43 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Correspondence with C. W. Ward: 1801, 1814.
f. 48 Frederic Pigou: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1814.
f. 50 Arabella Poyntz: Letter. to H. Harris: 1814.
f. 52 George Capel-Coningsby, Viscount Malden; 5th Earl of Essex 1799: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1815.
ff. 54, 62 Jane Porter, sister of Sir R Ker Porter; novelist: Letters to Mrs. Reynolds and H. Harris: 1817, 1818.
f. 56 John Thelwall, radical politician: Letter to H. Harris: 1817.
f. 58 Thomas Morton: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1817.
f. 64 Edmund Kean: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1819.
f. 65 A- W- Tree, Actress: Letter to H. Harris: n.d.
f. 67 John O'Keefe: Letter to T. Harris: 1819.
f. 69 Catharine Stephens, singer; widow of George, 5th Earl of Essex: Letter to F. Reynolds: circ. 1820.
f. 70 Robert William Elliston, Dramatist: Letter to H. Harris: 1823.
f. 71 John Bannister, actor: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1824.
f. 73 John Liston, Comedian: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1824.
f. 75 George Croly, author and divine: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1824.
ff. 77, 79, 89, 91, 101 William Kitchener, MD: Letters to F. Reynolds: 1825, 1827.
f. 81 Charles Mayne Young, actor: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1825.
f. 83 Theodore Hook: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1825.
f. 85 James Boaden: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1826.
f. 87 R- Gooch, Librarian to George IV: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1826.
f. 93 William Shield, composer: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1826.
ff. 95, 111, 137 George Colman, the younger; dramatist: Letters to F. Reynolds: 1826-1831.
f. 97 John Poole: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1826.
f. 99 Barry St. Leger: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1827.
f. 103 John Calcraft: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1827.
ff. 105, 109 William Wordsworth, poet: Letters to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 107 Henry Harris: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1827.
f. 113 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1828.
f. 115 Richard Wellesley, MP: Letter to- Lecks: 1828.
f. 116 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; formerly Leveson-Gower: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1828.
f. 118 Sir James Mackintosh: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1828.
f. 120 Thomas Moore, poet: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1828.
f. 122 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1828.
ff. 123, 125 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Letters to F. Reynolds: 1829, n.d.
f. 127 John Banim: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1829.
f. 129 Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1830.
ff. 132, 133 Catharine Frances Gore, Novelist, wife of Captain C A Gore: Letters to F. Reynolds: circ. 1831.
f. 135 Henry Luttrell: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1831.
f. 139 William Charles Macready, actor: Letter to, from M. Taglioni: 1831.
f. 139 Marie Taglioni, dancer; afterwards Comtesse Gilbert de Voisins: Letter to W. C. Macready: circ. 1831.
f. 141 James Montgomery, poet: Letter to Dr. Lardner: 1832.
f. 142 Ellen Tree, Actress: Letter to- Moore: 1832.
f. 144 George James Welbore Agar- Ellis, 1st Baron Dover: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1832.
f. 146 Joseph Jekyll, KC: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1832.
f. 148 James Kenney: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1833.
f. 150 Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of Riding, county Yorkshire: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1833.
f. 152 Thomas Haynes Bayly, writer: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1833.
f. 155 James Morier, Author: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1834.
f. 157 George William Frederick Howard, Viscount Morpeth; 7th Earl of Carlisle: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 159 Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1831-1838.
f. 161 Hon Richard Keppel Craven, 3rd son of William, 6th Baron Craven: Letter to F. Reynolds: 1838.
f. 163 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister: Letter to Sir G. Westphal: 1839.
f. 165 Dorothea Jordan, Actress: Letter to H. Harris: n.d.
f. 166 Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley, poetess and writer: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 168 Amelia Opie: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 170 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 172 Samuel Rogers, poet: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.
f. 174 James Smith: Letter to Mrs. Reynolds: circ. 1820.
f. 176 Alfred d' Orsay, Count: Letter to F. Reynolds: 19th cent.: Fr.
f. 178 Thomas Henry Lister, novelist and dramatist: Letter to F. Reynolds: n.d.

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1759

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1839

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Names:

Andrews, Miles Peter, of Add MS 27925
Banim, John, writer, 1798-1842
Bannister, John, actor, comedian and theatre manager, 1760-1836
Bayly, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes, poet, dramatist, writer, 1797-1839,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083672793,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27808896
Boaden, James
Calcraft, John, of Add MS 27925
Capel-Coningsby, George, Viscount Malden; 5th Earl of Essex 1799
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poet and philosopher, 1772-1834
Colman, George, the younger, dramatist
Craven, Richard Keppel, 3rd son of William, 6th Baron Craven
Croly, George, author and divine
Edwin, John, correspondent of Frederic Reynolds, fl 1790
Egerton, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, formerly Leveson-Gower, politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts, 1800-1857
Ellis, George James Welbore, 1st Baron Dover, politician and patron of art, 1797-1833
Elliston, Robert William, actor and theatre manager, 1774-1831
Farley, actor, fl 1805
Fitzgerald, William Thomas, poet, 1759-1829
Garrick, David, actor and playwright, 1717-1779,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121171982,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24563
Godwin, William, correspondent of Frederic Reynolds, fl 1803
Gooch, R-, Librarian to George IV
Gore, Catherine Grace Frances, née Moody, novelist and dramatist, 1798-1861
Harris, Henry, of Add MS 27925
Herbert, Henry John George, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, 1800-1849
Hook, Theodore
Howard, Catharine, wife of Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham
Howard, George William Frederick, Viscount Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle
Inchbald, Elizabeth, of Add MS 18204
Jekyll, Joseph, KC
Jordan, Dorothea, Actress
Kean, Edmund, of Add MS 27925
Kemble, John Philip, of Add MS 18204
Kenney, James, of Add MS 27925
Kitchener, William, MD
Lacy, James, of Add MS 27925
Landon, Letitia Elizabeth, poet
Lister, Thomas Henry, novelist and dramatist
Liston, John, Comedian
Luttrell, Henry, of Add MS 27925
Mackintosh, James, of Add MS 27925
Macklin, Charles
Macready, William Charles, actor
Montgomery, James, poet
Moore, Thomas, poet, 1779-1852
Morier, James Justinian, diplomat and novelist, 1782-1849
Morton, Thomas, of Add MS 27711
O'Keefe, John, of Add MS 25928
O'Neill, Elizabeth, Actress
Opie, Amelia, of Add MS 18204
Orsay, Alfred, Count
Palmer, John, of Add MS 27925
Peel, Robert, 2nd Baronet, Prime Minister, 1788-1850
Phipps, Constantine Henry, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Pigou, Frederic
Poole, John, of Add MS 27925
Porter, Jane, novelist, 1776?-1850
Poyntz, Arabella
Reynolds, Frederic, of Add MS 25933
Reynolds, John, Under-Sheriff of London
Rogers, Samuel, poet, 1763-1855
Scott, Walter, Baronet, author, 1771-1832,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441874
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, of Add MS 38510
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, of Add MS 24228
Shield, William, composer
Siddons, Sarah, of Add MS 20081
Smith, James, of Add MS 27925
St. Leger, Barry
Stephens, Catharine, singer; widow of George, 5th Earl of Essex
Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth, poetess and writer
Thelwall, John, radical politician
Topham, Edward, Major; Author
Tree, A- W-, Actress
Tree, Ellen, Actress
Voisins, Marie Sophie, née Taglioni, dancer, 1804-1884
Wellesley, Richard, MP
Whitbread, Samuel, junior, MP
Wilkes, John, of Add MS 22131
Williams, John M-, alias Anthony Pasquin
Willis, Francis, MD
Wordsworth, William, poet, 1770-1850
Wrangham, Francis, Archdeacon of Riding, county Yorkshire
Young, Charles Mayne, actor