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Authors, English -- 18th century

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1429
Overview: Manuscript collection and papers of Frederick W. Hilles. The manuscript collection includes correspondence and writings by James Boswell, Thomas and Jane Carlyle, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and members of their families. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; research files and writings; personal and family papers, including material related to Susan Morse Hilles and Charles Dewey Hilles; teaching materials from Hilles' tenure at Yale University and Temple...
Dates: 1645-1979
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers

Barbara Isted collection of Thomas Percy

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Call Number: GEN MSS 465
Overview: Correspondence, writings, and other papers of and about Thomas Percy, preserved by his daughter Barbara Isted and mainly concerning Percy and Isted family matters, such as inheritances and the death of Barbara Isted's infant daughter. Includes manuscripts of "Oh Nanny wilt thou gang wi' me" and another poem written to his wife, as well as obituaries, copies of his will, genealogies, and copies of poems by other writers.
Dates: 1754-1812
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Barbara Isted collection of Thomas Percy

William Julius Mickle papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 159
Overview: The William Julius Mickle Papers document aspects of the literary and naval careers of William Julius Mickle. The collection includes correspondence from literary figures such as William Ballantyne, William Bowles, David Garrick, Francis Gentleman, Isaac Reed, and John Sim, and from family friend and naval patron Commodore George Johnstone; manuscripts of several works by Mickle, including The Concubine and The Death of Socrates; and papers relating to Mickle's service as prize agent for...
Dates: 1753-1825
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Julius Mickle papers

James Marshall Osborn research files on Edmond Malone

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Call Number: OSB MSS 169
Overview: The collection consists of subject files, photocopies, and card indexes compiled by James Marshall Osborn in the course of his research for a planned biography of Edmond Malone. Contents include a chronologically arranged set of photocopies of Malone correspondence and a highly detailed set of notes on the events in Malone's life.
Dates: 1928-1974, bulk 1950-1970
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Marshall Osborn research files on Edmond Malone

Osborn Manuscript Files

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Call Number: OSB MSS FILE
Overview: The Osborn Manuscript Files contain single, unbound manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts acquired for the Osborn Collection from various sources at various times.
Dates: 14th - 20th century
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Osborn Manuscript Files

Joseph Ritson collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 76
Overview: The collection contains works by and about Ritson, a small quantity of correspondence, and the manuscript of the Bibliographia Scotica.
Dates: 1782-1824
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Ritson collection

Horace Walpole collection

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 1
Overview: The collection includes approximately 3,000 letters to and from Horace Walpole as well as other manuscript materials by him, including copies of Aedes Walpolianae and The Mysterious Mother, his commonplace books, his "Books of Materials," and various miscellanies.
Dates: 1725-1797
Found in: Lewis Walpole Library > Horace Walpole collection