Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko
Container / Volume:
Folder 14
Image Count:
7
Description:
Letter of 1975 February 3 includes Native American design by Willard L. Jones printed on verso. and Three letters addressed to Per Seyersted scanned from folder containing multiple items.
Subject (Name):
Lindberg-Seyersted, Brita and Seyersted, Per, 1921-
Bound volume containing 38 holograph letters of introduction to James Ombrosi, written by various individuals in the U.S. and Europe to introduce Americans travelling to Florence for study, relaxation, or health. There are often multiple letters written by different people for the same traveller, and also multiple letters written by the same person for different travellers. Includes a letter from Usher Parsons dated 1827 May 23.
Description:
Gift of an anonymous member of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1990. and James Ombrosi, United States Consul at Florence, Italy.
Subject (Name):
Ombrosi, James and United States.--Consulate (Florence, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Americans--Travel--Italy--Florence and Grand tours (Education)
Also included is a sketchbook of sketches by Bodichon in pencil, pen and ink and watercolor which she made during a tour of Louisiana. and Collection consists of a diary, in the form of letters written to Bodichon's father, Benjamin Leigh Smith. These letters cover the period 6 Dec 1857 to 11 Jun 1858, and describe in detail the tour of America made by Barbara Bodichon and her husband Eugène Bodichon. Their itinerary included the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Wilmington, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and parts of Canada. In her letters Bodichon discusses the condition and education of slaves and the rights of freed slaves; women's rights in America, and other aspects of life, conditions, and customs. Also described are visits to Lucretia Mott and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In addition to Bodichon's letters to her father, the collection contains her letters from the same time period to Joseph Gratton, Dorothy Longden, and Isabella Leigh Smith Ludlow, and a letter from Eugène Bodichon to Benjamin Smith which he enclosed with his wife's letter to her father of 1858 May 27.
Description:
Letters purchased on the Library Associates Fund, 1954. Sketchbook purchased on the Tinker Fund, 1975.
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States--Description and travel, United States--Description and travel, and United States--Social life and customs--1848-1895
Subject (Name):
Smith, Benjamin Leigh
Subject (Topic):
Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
The papers, primarily correspondence, deal with the rights of Indians to the land in the reservation under the treaty of 1868 and the agreement of 1882, the influx of settlers under President Arthur's executive order of Feb. 27, 1885, and the rights of settlers dispossessed by President Cleveland's proclamation of April 17, 1885.
Subject (Name):
Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909 and Indian Rights Association
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations--1869-1934 and Dakota Indians--Reservations
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of copies of 20 letters from Alured Clarke to Charlotte, Lady Sundon, followed by copies of 4 letters to her from Lord John Hervey and one letter from an unsigned hand. Many of the letters from Clarke concern his patronage of the poet Stephen Duck, in which he discusses his anxiety about exposing Duck to the cruelty of Alexander Pope and "the Dunciad Club," his negotiations with various booksellers and publishers on Duck's behalf, and his high hopes for Duck's poetry after the death of Duck's wife. He also describes books on religion, history, and moral philosophy that he has read; witnesses a presentation of "Indians" to the Queen; and imparts various religious and political news, including Quaker activities. The letters from Hervey consist primarily of descriptions of his own routine social activities as well as those of such notables as the King, Queen, and Duke of Grafton, though he also writes with surprise that Stanislaus has been chosen King of Poland and reports that Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Salisbury, is on the brink of being promoted to the bishopric of Winchester, despite his disagreements with Sir Robert Walpole. An unsigned letter dated 1734, sent "by a private hand," discusses the controversial nomination of Thomas Rundle to the see of Gloucester
Description:
Charlotte Clayton, Lady Sundon (c.1679-1742), courtier, married William Clayton (baptised. 1671, died 1752) of Sundon Hall in Bedfordshire before 1714. With the help of the Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte Clayton was appointed a woman of the bedchamber to Caroline, princess of Wales in 1714. Her considerable influence over Caroline was distressing to Robert Walpole, who accused Clayton of procuring various political favors for her friends., Alured Clarke (1696-1742), was a Church of England clergyman. Ordained by his uncle Bishop Trimnell in 1720, in 1723 he became rector of Chilbolton in Hampshire and a prebendary of Winchester. He was a chaplain-in-ordinary to both George I and George II; in 1731, he became a prebendary of Westminster. Later he became deputy clerk of the closet to George II. Clarke was also a patron; he founded a county hospital at Winchester in 1736 and was a champion of the poet Stephen Duck., John Hervey, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743), was a courtier and writer. On 2 April 1725 he was elected MP for Bury St Edmunds, and entered the Commons as a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole. In 1730, he became vice-chamberlain to the king's household and, consequently, a member of the privy council; and, in 1740, lord privy seal. However, in 1742 Walpole resigned, and that same year Hervey also left public office. He wrote numerous tracts, including Ancient and Modern Liberty Stated and Compared (1734); The Conduct of the Opposition and the Tendency of Modern Patriotism (1734); and Miscellaneous Thoughts (1742). Hervey's Memoirs were published, with some material suppressed, in 1848, and a more complete version was published in 1931., In English., Pasted onto back pastedown: dealer's description of manuscript., Phillipps 18548., Binding: full calf. In gilt on spine: Clarke Sundon Letters., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Alured, 1696-1742., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Bristol, John Hervey, Earl of, 1665-1751., Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743., Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761., Rundle, Thomas, 1688?-1743., Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland, 1677-1766., Sundon, Charlotte Clayton, Baroness, d. 1742, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Church of England
Subject (Topic):
Bishops, Clergy, Appointment, call, and election, Authors and patrons, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Dorothy Stanley letters to Constant Coquelin, 1886-1938
Container / Volume:
Folder [1]
Image Count:
54
Abstract:
99 letters from Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley to the actor, Constant Coquelin, discussing affairs of the Comedie-Francaise, political events, including colonial engagements in Africa, particularly those with which her husband, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was involved, and her travels. Also included are: 2 letters from Eveleen Myers (Dorothy Stanley’s sister) to Coquelin; 2 letters from Dolly Tennant to Coquelin; 13 letters from Gertrude Tennant (Dorothy Stanley’s mother) to Coquelin; and 2 letters from D. M. Stanley to a M. Chabert concerning the proposed publication of the Stanley-Coquelin letters.
Subject (Name):
Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909, Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, d. 1926, and Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Dorothy Stanley letters to Constant Coquelin, 1886-1938
Container / Volume:
Folder [2]
Image Count:
69
Abstract:
99 letters from Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley to the actor, Constant Coquelin, discussing affairs of the Comedie-Francaise, political events, including colonial engagements in Africa, particularly those with which her husband, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was involved, and her travels. Also included are: 2 letters from Eveleen Myers (Dorothy Stanley’s sister) to Coquelin; 2 letters from Dolly Tennant to Coquelin; 13 letters from Gertrude Tennant (Dorothy Stanley’s mother) to Coquelin; and 2 letters from D. M. Stanley to a M. Chabert concerning the proposed publication of the Stanley-Coquelin letters.
Subject (Name):
Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909, Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, d. 1926, and Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Dorothy Stanley letters to Constant Coquelin, 1886-1938
Container / Volume:
Folder [3]
Image Count:
41
Abstract:
99 letters from Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley to the actor, Constant Coquelin, discussing affairs of the Comedie-Francaise, political events, including colonial engagements in Africa, particularly those with which her husband, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was involved, and her travels. Also included are: 2 letters from Eveleen Myers (Dorothy Stanley’s sister) to Coquelin; 2 letters from Dolly Tennant to Coquelin; 13 letters from Gertrude Tennant (Dorothy Stanley’s mother) to Coquelin; and 2 letters from D. M. Stanley to a M. Chabert concerning the proposed publication of the Stanley-Coquelin letters.
Subject (Name):
Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909, Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, d. 1926, and Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Dorothy Stanley letters to Constant Coquelin, 1886-1938
Container / Volume:
Folder [4]
Image Count:
59
Abstract:
99 letters from Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley to the actor, Constant Coquelin, discussing affairs of the Comedie-Francaise, political events, including colonial engagements in Africa, particularly those with which her husband, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was involved, and her travels. Also included are: 2 letters from Eveleen Myers (Dorothy Stanley’s sister) to Coquelin; 2 letters from Dolly Tennant to Coquelin; 13 letters from Gertrude Tennant (Dorothy Stanley’s mother) to Coquelin; and 2 letters from D. M. Stanley to a M. Chabert concerning the proposed publication of the Stanley-Coquelin letters.
Subject (Name):
Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909, Stanley, Dorothy, Lady, d. 1926, and Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904