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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1689 - 1761-07-04

Biography

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), English writer and printer.

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Extracts from correspondence with Thomas Edwards, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137225190], Folder: GROUP 1335, F-6
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Extracts, copied in autograph manuscript by William Lyon Phelps, from correspondence "in the Forster Collection, South Kensington."

Includes a letter from Richardson to Edwards, Mar 19, 1751, and extracts from nine letters from Thomas to Richardson.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761

Letter : London, to Lady Echlin, 1755 Dec 15

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137225190], Folder: GROUP 1335, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS.

Dates: 1755 Dec 15
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761

Letter : London, to [Miss Grainger], 1751 Sep 28

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137225190], Folder: GROUP 1335, F-5
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS accompanied by a blank sheet.

Dates: 1751 Sep 28
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761
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Letter : London, to Miss Lintot

Letter : London, to Miss Lintot, 1759 Sep 24

 Part of Collection — GROUP 1335, Folder: F-4
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS.

Dates: 1759 Sep 24
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761
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Letter : London, to [Mr. Mills]

Letter : London, to [Mr. Mills], 1760 Mar 17-18

 Part of Collection — GROUP 1335, Folder: F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, signed twice, containing a copy of a petition which Richardson wrote on behalf of the recipient.

Accompanied by a typed transcript.

Dates: 1760 Mar 17-18
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761

Letters : London, to Lady Echlin, 1754-57

 Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137225190], Folder: GROUP 1335, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Five ALS.

Dates: 1754-57
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > R > RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761

Joseph Spence papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 4
Abstract: The papers include correspondence, personal papers, notes and memoranda, and related papers. Much of the material concerns Spence's Anecdotes, including manuscripts of his notes on conversations with Alexander Pope, memoranda on Stephen Duck and other authors, and notes on Spence's reading. There are also extensive notes on English gardens, shorter writings by Spence, and drafts of works which appeared in his Moralities (1753, under the pseudonym of Sir Harry Beaumont). The correspondence...
Dates: 1649-1859, bulk 1739-1768
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Spence papers

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