Box 2

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Letter: to Mrs. Hale; n.d.

1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm.

ALS. Jests with his correspondent about politics. Also thanks her for "the part about the Comic, but . . . my hands are quite full." This collection contains many other letters addressed to Blanchard. Correspondents include: Louisa Barwell, H. Burlowe, Thomas Hood, William Jerdan, Louisa Sheridan, Frank Stone, T. Perronett Thompson, and Cornelius Webbe

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Handwritten manuscript; printed poem; n.d.

Ms/TMs. A handwritten summary of Laman Blanchard's life and death, including praise for his character and works. A copy of Blanchard's poem, The Mother's Hope, is included.

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Letter: Salem, N.C., to Benjamin Coates, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. Discusses a recent order.

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Letters: Suffolk, Tokyo, Hawstead, Kent, to Walter E. Peck, 1891-1954, Oxford & Bristol

4 ALsS. Letters discuss their mutual interest in Percy Bysshe Shelley as well as their writings on him. 1930 letter contains critical comments on John Middleton Murry's edition of John Keats. Scattered throughout are passing references to Leigh Hunt.

Scope and Contents Letter: Hawstead near Bury St. Edmunds, to Mr. WalkerALS. Discusses books on Keats by John Middleton Murry (1889-1957) and by Charles Armitage Brown (1786-1842). "I wonder if anyone has obtained permission to use Brown's memoir, & I should also like to feel that Crewe [Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945)] isn't sick & tired of applications for admission to his Library. To bring out Brown's memoir of Keats with a memoir of himself too would delight...

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Letter: Hawstead near Bury St. Edmunds, to Walter Edwin Peck, 1891-1954, London

ALS. Welcomes Peck back to England. Notes that his book on "L. [Leigh] Hunt has been ready for some time . . . can't understand the publisher's delay; await your discoveries, which may ruin all the careful but somewhat strawless brickwork."

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Letters: Southwater, Sussex, to Wilfrid Meynell, 1852-1948, London

2 ALsS. First letter was written in response to Meynell's announcement of Francis Thompson's death. He will send flowers but will not attend funeral. "Besides I can hardly claim to have been his friend. You and your family were all the friends he had." Blunt is sending his "little notice of him" (Thompson) to Meynell for corrections. Second letter refers to Meynell's article on Thompson and its excellence.

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Letters: West Chester, Pa., to C. Comegys, Philadelphia, Pa.

2 ALS. Bolmer, the founder of a boarding school in West Chester, Pa., writes to thank the Comegys for deciding to send their nephews to his school and gives details of vacation plans as well his intention of visiting the Comegys household. Second letter is written on official "A. Bolmar's Institution For Boys" letterhead and describes the good progress that both boys are making.

Scope and Contents Letters: Washington, D.C., to A.M. Lee, Baltimore, Md.; to N. Biddle, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.; to Frederick Schley, Esq., Frederickstown, Md.; to Henry E. Leman, Esq., Lancaster, Pa.ALsS. Letter to Lee instructs him that all officers in charge of ordnance and ordnance stores must take inventory in December so the inventory can be compared with the 4th Quarter returns. Letter to Biddle requests that he reconsider Bomford's application for an extension of credit. In letter to...

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2 Letters: Philadelphia, Pa., to LeRoy Bayard & Co, and Point Breeze, Pa., to Judge Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842, Philadelphia, Pa.

2 ALS. Letter to Bayard & Co. begs to have his correspondent expedite the business which he encloses. Letter to Hopkinson concerns a parcel of land he wishes to acquire and describes its configuration. Three lines at end of letter are written in Bonaparte's own hand.