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Add MS 50824
- Record Id:
- 032-002084535
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- 032-002084535
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x000027
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- Add MS 50824
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LETTERS AND VERSES OF LITERARY MEN, ETC.; 1807-1868, n.d. Followed (ff. 14-23) by copies of ff. 1-10. On f. i occurs the note 'Florence M[ary] Eaton. Mr Burcham left me these autograp[h]s'. Miss Eaton (b. 1878, d. 1961) was the daughter of George Clayton Eaton of Eaton Hall, Norwich: Robert Partridge Burcham (b. 1812, d. 1894) was a partner of Sir William Jenner and an amateur artist. Presented by T. C. Eaton, Major A. C. Eaton and Miss M. R. Eaton, nephews and niece of Miss F. M. Eaton.
Paper; ff. ii+23. Folio. XIX cent.
1. f. 1. Verses of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, addressed 'To M[ary] M[organ] and C[harlotte] B[rent]', beg. 'To know, t'esteem, to love - and then to part'; dated from 'St James's Square [Bristol], Sunday [22] November 1807'. At the foot of the leaf is written, in another hand, 'M[ary?] M[organ?] 22'. A different version is published under the title 'To Two Sisters', in The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed. E. H. Coleridge, Oxford, 1912, i, pp. 410-12. See also W. Braekman, 'A reconsideration of the genesis of S. T. Coleridge's poem "On taking leave of –"', Notes and Queries, ccix, Jan. 1964, pp. 21-4.
2. ff. 2-10b. Letters to John J. Morgan, physician, of Bristol, from:
i. ff. 2-7. Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 1808-1816. Printed in The Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed. E. L. Griggs, Oxford, 1971, vi, pp. 1018-20, 1029-31, 1040-2.
ii. ff. 8-9b. Charles and Mary Lamb; circa 15-17 Aug. 1815. Printed in The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, ed. Edwin W. Marrs Jr., Ithaca and London, iii, 1978, pp. 184-91.
iii. ff. 10-10b. Charles Lamb; 9 July 1816. Imperfect. Printed in The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, iii, pp. 222-3.
3. ff. 11-12b. Letter of Sir William Jenner, 1st Bart., physician, to Miss Brown; 6 Feb. 1862.
4. f. 13. Letter of William Morris to [Dante Gabriel?] Rossetti; 26 May 1868.
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- f. 1 Poetry ENGLISH: S. T. Coleridge: verses `To Two Sisters': 1807: Autogr.
- f. 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Verses `To Two Sisters': 1807: Autogr.
- ff. 2-10b John J. Morgan, physician, of Bristol: Letters to,: 1808-1816.
- ff. 2-7 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Letters to J. J. Morgan: 1808-1816.
- f. 8 Charles Lamb, essayist: Joint letter to J. J. Morgan: 1815.
- f. 8 Mary Ann Lamb, sister of Charles Lamb; writer: Joint letter to J. J. Morgan: 1815.
- f. 10 Charles Lamb, essayist: Letter to J. J. Morgan: 1816: Imperf.
- f. 11 Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet; President of the Royal College of Physicians: Letter to Miss Brown: 1862.
- f. 13 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter: Letter to: 1868.
- f. 13 William Morris, poet and artist: Letter to [D. G.?] Rossetti: 1868.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002084535
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-002084535
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 1807-1868
- Era:
- CE
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Major Andrew Clement Eaton, of Bures, county Suffolk: Presented, in 1961.
Robert Partridge Burcham, chemist and amateur artist: Owned.
Thomas Christopher Eaton, OBE: Presented, in 1961.
Florence Mary Eaton, daughter of G C Eaton of Eaton Hall, Norwich: Owned, 1894 - 1961.
Margaret Ruth Eaton, afterwards Hare; of Norwich: Presented, in 1961.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burcham, Robert Partridge, chemist and amateur artist
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poet and philosopher, 1772-1834
Eaton, Andrew Clement, army officer; of Bures, Suffolk, fl 1961
Eaton, Florence Mary, daughter of George Clayton Eaton of Eaton Hall, Norwich, 1878-1961
Eaton, Margaret Ruth, afterwards Hare of Norwich
Eaton, Thomas Christopher, solicitor, Mayor of Norwich, and Territorial Army officer, 1918-2010
Jenner, William, 1st Baronet, President of the Royal College of Physicians
Lamb, Charles, essayist
Lamb, Mary Ann, sister of Charles Lamb, writer
Morgan, John J, physician of Bristol
Morris, William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-1896
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, poet and painter, 1828-1882