Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents
Scope and Content
This collection contains the call numbers Y.d.6 (1-231).
Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents, including some addressed to other recipients and forwarded to Collier. Chief correspondents include William George Spencer Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire), Peter Cunningham, Alexander Dyce, Francis Egerton (Earl of Ellesmere), Horace Howard Furness and Henry Crabb Robinson.
Letters largely concern Collier's editing and publishing activities, including works on Early Modern literature and his editions of Shakespeare, and assorted events within membership ranks of literary and antiquarian societies. Devonshire's letters include requests for advice on purchases for his collection. A number of letters refer to Collier's work as secretary for the British Museum Commission (37, 111, 114, 115, 119, 120, 189). The correspondence also includes references to Inigo Jones' sketchbooks (32, 35, 45, 71, 202), Shakespeare portraits (8, 26, 36, 113), and the Perkins folio (2, 27, 39). Also includes notes (draft essays) in Collier's hand (226, 228-230) and Collier's accounts with Whittaker & Co.
Dates
- 1799-1884
Creator
- Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 (Person)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Extent
231.0 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents, including some addressed to other recipients and forwarded to Collier. Letters refer to manuscript editing, editions of Collier's writing on Shakespeare and English Drama, and assorted events within membership ranks of literary and antiquarian societies.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically under each name.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from James Tregaskis & Son, January 18, 1934.
Additional Access
For the collection-level record or to conduct additional research in the catalog, see https://catalog.folger.edu/record/191449
- Arber, Edward, 1836-1912
- Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861
- Barry, Henry, 1807-1881
- Bell, George, 1814-1890
- Botfield, Beriah, 1807-1863
- Bracebridge, Charles Holte, 1799-1872
- Bruce, John, 1802-1869
- Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888
- Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872
- Clark, Charles, 1806-1880
- Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894
- Collier, John Dyer, 1762-1825
- Cook, James, 1824-1892
- Cosens, F. W. (Frederick William), 1819-1889
- Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887
- Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866
- Crosby, Joseph, 1821-1891
- Cunningham, Francis, 1820-1875
- Cunningham, Peter, 1816-1869
- De Colquhoun, Patrick Mac Chombaich
- Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1808-1891
- Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858
- Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir, 1810-1869
- Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
- Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908
- Eighteenth century
- Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1800-1857
- Ellesmere, George Granville Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1823-1862
- Fellows, Charles, Sir, 1799-1860
- Fitzgerald, James Edward, 1818-1896
- Forster, John, 1812-1876
- Frederickson, Charles William, 1823-1897
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912
- G. A. M. (Georgina Adelaide Müller)
- Grosart, Alexander Balloch, 1827-1899
- Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889
- Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
- Halpin, N. J. (Nicholas John), 1790-1850
- Hamilton, William, 1777-1859
- Hannah, J. (John), 1818-1888
- Hannen, James Hannen, Baron, 1821-1894
- Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
- Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913
- Holl, Henry, 1811-1884
- Hosking, William, 1800-1861
- Howell, Thomas, 1802-1883
- Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
- Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855
- Irons, William J. (William Josiah), 1812-1883
- Jervis, Swynfen, 1797-1867
- Jesse, Edward, 1780-1868
- Knight Bruce, J. L. (James Lewis), 1791-1866
- Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
- L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802-1838
- Lee, Joseph, 1780-1859
- Lennox, William Pitt, Lord, 1799-1881
- Letters (correspondence)
- Longman, Thomas, 1804-1879
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
- Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
- Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mommsen, Tycho, 1819-1900
- Murdoch, James Barclay
- Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900
- Nicholl, George Whitlock, 1816-1889
- Nineteenth century
- Norris, Joseph Parker, 1847-1916
- Northumberland, Algernon Percy, Duke of, 1792-1865
- Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881
- Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897
- Richards, Thomas, 1816-1883
- Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876
- Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867
- Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849
- Rose, George, 1817-1882
- Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858
- Smith, Adam Clarke, 1824 or 1825-
- Smith, Alexander, Esq.
- Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890
- Spedding, James, 1808-1881
- Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805-1875
- Thoms, William John, 1803-1885
- Tyson, William, 1785-1851
- Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857
- Walter, John, 1818-1894
- Watts, Alaric Alfred, 1825-1901
- Whittaker, Treacher and Co.
- Title
- Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents Folger MS Y.d.6 (1-231)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Jesse A. Lambertson and Nadia Seiler, Summer 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository
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