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Box Y.d.341(1-56)

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Autograph letter from Henry Crabb Robinson, Dresden, to John Payne Collier, Hunter's Street, Brunswick Square, 1829 August 26

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (1a-b)
Scope and Contents note

Speaks of Tieck and of his having seen Goethe. Enclosed is Tieck's autograph list of plays he thinks should be included in Collier's new edition of old English plays (translations by Robinson.)

Dates: 1829 August 26

Autograph letter signed from John Allen, South Street, to John Payne Collier, ca.1841?

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (2)
Scope and Contents note

Dated 2 March, year not specified. Collier notes that John Allen was the Master of Dulwich College. Allen thanks Collier for sending his Life of Edward Alleyn.

Dates: ca.1841?

Autograph letter signed from Thomas Smyth, James Street, to John Payne Collier, 1841 March 10

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (3)
Scope and Contents

Flattered by Collier's agreement on the "All's Well" question. Discusses Boswell, Betterton, and the antiquarian book trade.

Dates: 1841 March 10

Autograph letter signed from Richard Harris Barham [Thomas Ingoldsby], Residentiary House, Amen Corner, to John Payne Collier, 1844 June 15

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (4)
Scope and Contents note

Collier's note: "Another of Ingoldsby's Legends." Discusses alms houses in Chiswick.

Dates: 1844 June 15

"The MS of the Revd Barham - Another of Ingoldsby's Legends", 19th century

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (5)
Scope and Contents

A note on Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy. Includes genealogy.

Dates: 19th century

Autograph letter signed from John Henry Barrow to John Payne Collier, 1835 May 30

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (6)
Scope and Contents

Barrow was the uncle of Charles Dickens. Apologizes for offending Collier, insists he has sent money punctually. Criticizes Collier's work but pledges to read it with respect.

Dates: 1835 May 30

Autograph letter signed from George Bartley, Garrick Club, to John Payne Collier, 1834 January 13

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (8)
Scope and Contents

Explains a misunderstanding between himself, Collier, and Mr. Brown. Hopes he has not lost Collier's friendship.

Dates: 1834 January 13

Autograph letter signed from George Bartley, 11 Woburn Square, to John Payne Collier, 1857 June 17

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (9)
Scope and Contents

Enjoyed Collier's Memoirs of Actors.

Collier's note: "G.B was the son of a cook in Dublin ca. to the Lord Lieut and had a passion for the stage. He began with the part of Hamlet, and ended with the grave-digger - a very respectable man and a good Falstaff."

Dates: 1857 June 17

Autograph letter signed from William Lisle Bowles, Brimhill, to Frederic Shoberl, Ackermann's, Strand, London, 1830 June 5

 Item — Box: Y.d.341(1-56)
Identifier: Y.d.341 (10)
Scope and Contents note

Contains poem The Boa Ghaut, East Indies. First line: "The cataract the mountains and the sweep."

Dates: 1830 June 5