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The Abinger Papers
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates:
1780-1937
Collection
Copies of old Cornish plays
Copies of old Cornish plays.
Extents: 0.10 linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
written in more than one hand, perhaps late in the 17th and early in the 18th century
Single Item
Copy by William A'Court, Baron Heytesbury, of his play 'Montalto, a tragedy in five acts'
Copy by William A'Court, Baron Heytesbury, of his play 'Montalto, a tragedy in five acts'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 23
Extents: 86 pages
Dates:
1803-1814
Single Item
J. Payne Collier ed.,'The skryvener's play', Camden miscellany
J. Payne Collier ed.,'The skryvener's play', Camden miscellany
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 34
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates:
1854-1859
Single Item
Manuscript of a play 'Weighed in the balance', by W. H. Hoskins
Manuscript of a play 'Weighed in the balance', by W. H. Hoskins
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 500
Extents: 111 Leaves
Dates:
1880
Single Item
Manuscript texts of Christmas mummers' plays
Manuscript texts of Christmas mummers' plays
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 17
Extents: 55 Leaves
Dates:
c. 1883-1920
Single Item
A play in three acts entitled 'Kenilworth, a tragedy, dramatized from Sir Walter Scott's novel' by E. B.
A play in three acts entitled 'Kenilworth, a tragedy, dramatized from Sir Walter Scott's novel' by E. B.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 91
Extents: 76 Leaves
Dates:
Early 19th cent.
Single Item
Three leaves of dialogue for 'Candida', in George Bernard Shaw's hand
Three leaves of dialogue for 'Candida', in George Bernard Shaw's hand
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 161
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
1897
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- Biography -- 19th century 1
- Cornwall (England) 1
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- Diaries 1
- English literature 1
- Feminism 1
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- Indexed names
- A'Court | William | 1779-1860 | 1st Baron Heytesbury | Diplomat 1
- Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
- Collier | John Payne | 1789-1883 | Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary, and journalist 1
- Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
- Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
- Godwin | family 1
- Hoskins | W. H | fl. 1880 1
- Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
- Madan | Falconer | 1851-1935 | Bodley's Librarian, palaeographer and bibliographer 1
- Scott | Sir | Walter | 1771-1832 | 1st Baronet | Historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian 1
- Shaw | George Bernard | 1856-1950 | Playwright, critic, political activist and polemicist 1
- Shelley | Jane | d 1899 | nee Gibson | 1st wife of 3rd Baronet | x St. John 1
- Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 1
- Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 1
- Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 1
- Shelley | family 1
- Wollstonecraft | Everina | 1765-1841 1
- Wollstonecraft | Mary | 1759-1797 | later Godwin | novelist and essayist 1
- Wollstonecraft | family 1
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