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Add MS 34046

Record Id:

032-002025013

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002025013

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x000109

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Add MS 34046

Title:

ORIGINAL LETTERS, one hundred and eighteen in number, from the Lake Poeta to Daniel Stuart, Editor of the Morning Post and the Courier, viz.: Eighty-seven from Samuel Taylor Coleridge (one, at f. 103, being to Mrs. Stuart); circ. 1800-14 Oct. 1828. ff. 2-110; -Eighteen from William Wordsworth; Dec. 21, 1801-17 May, 1838. ff. 114-131;-Thirteen, with three autograph poems, from Robert Southey; 3 Jan. 1799-3 May, 1838. ff. 132-148. Included also are a few other letters, among which are the following:-

1. Letter from Daniel Stuart to the Stamp Commissioners, asking if a weekly paper, The Friend, to be published by Coleridge, would be considered as a newspaper; Courier office, 19 Dec. 1808. With Counsel's opinion by H[enry?] B[rougham?], and note of reply by Stamp Office, 23 Dec. f. 44.

2. Letter from Thomas Clarkson, anti-slavery agitator, to D. Stuart; London, 4 Feb. 1809. f. 52.

3. Correspondence between [George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster [natural son of William IV.], and D. Stuart, respecting the discontinuance of the annuity to Coleridge from the Royal Society of Literature, and on the action of the King [William IV.] therein; 19, 21 July, 1831. ff. 112, 113.

4. Letters from William Erskine to Miss Stuart; Edinburgh, 2 Nov. 1848, 13 St. Bernard's Crescent, 8 Mar. 1849. If. 150-152.

5. Letter from James Gillman to Mrs. Stuart; Highgate, Saturday [16 Sept. 1826]. f. 153. Paper; ff. 153. Large Quarto. Bequeathed by Hiss Mary Stuart. N.B. In accordance with the terms of the bequest, this volume is withheld from public use by order of the Trustees for ten years.

Scope & Content:

Daniel Stuart, Editor of the Morning Post and Courier: Letters to, from Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey: 1799-1838.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Liability of his paper "The Friend " to stamp duty: 1808.

includes:

ff. 2-110 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Letters to D. Stuart and Mrs. Stuart: circ. 1800-1838.
f. 44 Daniel Stuart, Editor of the Morning Post and Courier: Letter to the Stamp Office: 1808.
f. 44 Stamp Office: Enquiry of, respecting liability to duty of Coleridge's paper " The Friend": 1808.
f. 44 Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux; Lord Chancellor: Counsel's opinions: 1808, 1824.
f. 45 H- G- Clement, Publisher: Letter to D. Stuart: 1809.
f. 52 Thomas Clarkson, philanthropist: Letter to D. Stuart: 1809.
f. 92 William Haggard: Letter to Miss M. Stuart: 1879.
ff. 112, 113 Daniel Stuart, Editor of the Morning Post and Courier: Correspondence with Lord Munster respecting S. T. Coleridge's annuity: 1831.
ff. 112, 113 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Correspondence respecting the discontinuance of his annuity: 1831.
ff. 112, 113 George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster 1831; natural son of William IV: Correspondene with D. Stuart respecting S. T. Coleridge's annuity: 1831.
ff. 114-131 William Wordsworth: Letters to D. Stuart: 1801-1838.
ff. 132-148 Robert Southey: Letters to D. Stuart, with poems: 1799-1838.
ff. 132-148 Poetry: Poems by R. Southey: 1799-1838.: Autogr.
f. 144 Thomas Hill: Letter to D. Stuart: 1838.
f. 149 Robert Southey: Inscription on monument to: 19th cent.: Printed.
ff. 150, 152 William Erskine: Letters to Miss Stuart: 1848, 1849.
f. 153 James Gillman: Letter to Mrs. Stuart: 1826.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002025013

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Hierarchy:

032-002025013

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not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1795

End Date:

1849

Date Range:

c 1800-1849

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Custodial History:

Mary Stuart: Bequeathed,: in 1891.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, 1778-1868
Clarkson, Thomas, philanthropist and abolitionist, 1760-1846
Clement, H- G-, Publisher
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poet and philosopher, 1772-1834
Erskine, William, of Add MS 34046
FitzClarence, George Augustus Frederick, 1st Earl of Munster, army officer, 1794-1842
Gillman, James, of Add MS 34046
Haggard, William
Hill, Thomas, of Add MS 34046
Southey, Robert, of Add MS 33964
Stamp Office
Stuart, Daniel, Editor of the Morning Post and Courier
Stuart, Mary, of Add MS 34046
Wordsworth, William, of Add MS 34046