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Record Id:

032-002104018

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032-002104018

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Add MS 47671

Title:

CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THORNTON LEIGH HUNT, journalist, and of his family, partly relating to his father, James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist; 1831-1873, n.d. Supplementary to Add. MS. 46202. Included at f. 3 is a letter to his father (from John Pyke Hullah, composer, 5 Feb. 1840). Three undated letters from his father, written from Kensington between 1840 and 1852, are at ff. 49-54b. One of these contains (f.53b) some lines of a verse translation of 'La guigliottina a vapore' by Giuseppe Giusti (Poesie complete, ed. F. d'Ambra, Florence, 1897, pp. 23-24). At f. 26 is a letter from John Ruskin, 22 Jan. 1868, which was printed, with slight inaccuracies, in The Times Literary Supplement, 8 June 1946, p. 276. The names of the writers are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. 60. Quarto. 1831-1873. Formerly on loan to Hampstead Public Libraries, Keats House, Keats Grove, London, N.W.3. Presented by Walter Bernard Laurence, Esq., great-grandson of J. H. Leigh Hunt.

Scope & Content:

Thornton Leigh Hunt, journalist: Correspondence and papers: 1848-1873, n.d.

includes:

f. 3 John Pyke Hullah, LLD; composer: Letter to J. H. Leigh Hunt: 1840.
f. 3 James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Letter to, from J. P. Hullah: 1840.
f. 5 Margaret A. L. Laurence, née Hunt; daughter of T Leigh Hunt: Letter to her father: 1848.
ff. 5b, 25, 60 Walter Bernard Laurence, great-grandson of J H Leigh Hunt: Notes by: circ. 1952.
f. 6 Anne Gliddon, wife of G Gliddon: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1854.
f. 7 Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Torrens, Royal Marines; political economist: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1855.: Copy.
f. 10 Matthew Davenport Hill, QC; MP: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1861.
f. 11 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1861.
ff. 11-16b, 24, 58 James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Correspondence, etc., rel. to: 1861, 1866, n.d.
f. 13 Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1861.
ff. 15, 29-36b Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet; Lord Chief Baron: Letters to T. Leigh Hunt: 1861-1869.
ff. 17-21 Thornton Leigh Hunt, journalist: Letters to Sir C. B. Phipps: 1863.: Drafts.
ff. 22, 23 John Pyke Hullah, LLD; composer: Letters to T. Leigh Hunt: 1863.
f. 24 Dionysius Lardner Bourcicault, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1866.
f. 26 John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1868.
f. 37 George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1870.
ff. 38, 42, 56 Sir James Stansfeld, PC; GCB: Letters to T. Leigh Hunt: 1870, 1872, n.d.
ff. 40, 44 Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Letters to T. Leigh Hunt: 1872.
f. 46 Sir Arthur Helps, KCB; Clerk of the Privy Council: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: 1873.
ff. 49-54b James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Letters to his son, Thornton: circ. 1840-1852.
f. 53b Poetry: J. H. Leigh Hunt: part of a transl. of G. Giusti's 'La guigliottina a vapore': circ. 1840-1852.: Autogr.
f. 55 Sir Edwin Arnold, KCIE; poet: Letter to T. Leigh Hunt: n.d.
f. 57 Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet; Lord Chief Baron: Verses attrib. to: 1862.
f. 57 Poetry: Sir J. F. Pollock: verses on the crinoline: 1862.
ff. 58-60 Margaret A. L. Laurence, née Hunt; daughter of T Leigh Hunt: Notes by: n.d.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1831

End Date:

1873

Date Range:

1831-1873

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Custodial History:

Walter Bernard Laurence, great-grandson of J H Leigh Hunt: Presented: in 1952.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Names:

Arnold, Edwin, Knight, poet and journalist, 1832-1904
Bourcicault, Dionysius Lardner, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, 1778-1868
Gliddon, Anne, correspondent of Thornton Leigh Hunt, fl 1854
Helps, Arthur, KCB, Clerk of the Privy Council
Hill, Matthew Davenport, QC, MP
Hullah, John Pyke, LLD, composer
Hunt, James Henry Leigh, essayist and poet, 1784-1859
Hunt, Thornton Leigh, journalist
Laurence, Margaret A. L., née Hunt; daughter of T Leigh Hunt
Laurence, Walter Bernard, great-grandson of J H Leigh Hunt
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, né Bulwer; writer and politician, 1803-1873
Pollock, Jonathan Frederick, 1st Baronet, Lord Chief Baron
Ruskin, John, author, artist and social reformer, 1819-1900
Stanley, Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby, politician and statesman, 1826-1893
Stansfeld, James, PC, GCB
Torrens, Robert, Lieutenant-Colonel; Royal Marines; political economist
Villiers, George William Frederick, 4th Earl of Clarendon, politician, 1800-1870