Letters of George Crabbe (1785-1857) to John Wright, bookseller. Also included are letters of Crabbe to other recipients., 1833-1846.
Scope and Contents
Letters of George Crabbe (1785-1857) to John Wright.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1833: folios 1-16;
1834:
January: folios 17-30;
February: folios 31-32;
March: folios 33-36;
May: folios 37-38;
June: folios 39-44;
July: folios 45-46;
August: folios 47-54;
September: folios 55-56;
October: folios 57-58;
November: folios 59-60;
1835: folios 61-64.
Letters of George Crabbe (1785-1857) to other recipients. The letters are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the recipient.
Letter, 8 March 1837, of George Crabbe to “Mr. Dundas” [? E.W. Dundas], 50 Albemarle Street. Folios 65-66.
Letter, 1 June 1846, of George Crabbe to “Miss [? Sarah] Hoare”. Folios 67-68.
Letter, 2 June 1834, of George Crabbe to ? John Gibson Lockhart. Folios 69-70.
Letter, 11 November 1833, of George Crabbe to “My dear Sir”, recipient unknown, seeking support in trying to urge “Mr Murray to substitute Pickersgills for Mr Phillip’s portrait to place at the head of the Memoir”. Folios 71-72.
Other.
The remains of the wrapper, ? 1846, in which the Crabbe letters were once held: “Letters written to Mr Murray, Mr Lockhart and Wright by the Revd Geo. Crabbe”.
Folio 73.
Dates
- Creation: 1833-1846.
Creator
- Wright, John, bookseller, London, ? 1770-1844 (Recipient, Person)
- Lockhart, John Gibson, biographer of Scott, 1794-1854 (Recipient, Person)
- Dundas, Edward William (employee of John Murray, publishers) (Recipient, Person)
- Hoare, Sarah, correspondent of George Crabbe (1754-1832), 1777-1850: recipient (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 73 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1288
Subject
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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