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English literature -- 18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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Additional correspondence of Maria Edgeworth and family

Letters of the engineer, inventor and educationist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817) and his daughter, the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), 1763-1849.
Shelfmark: MS. 6408
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1763-1849
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Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson

Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: 1935-1964
Collection

Archive of John Everett Butt

Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1932-64
Collection

Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century

Correspondence and literary papers of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), with papers of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth and other members of the Edgeworth family, mainly 1778-1886.
Extents: 12.65 Linear metres (115 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1768-1849, 17th-19th century
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Archive of William Beckford

Papers of William Beckford (1760-1844), author
Extents: 17.6 Linear metres (176 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1515-19th cent., n.d.
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Commonplace book of Thomas Chapman

Commonplace book of Thomas Chapman
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2409
Extents: 48 Leaves
Dates: 1762-1770
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Copy, in several hands, of The provok'd husband: or A journey to London, by Sir John Vanbrugh and Colley Cibber

Copy, in several hands, of The provok'd husband: or A journey to London, by Sir John Vanbrugh and Colley Cibber
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 353
Extents: 166 Leaves
Dates: 18th century
Collection

Letters from Maria Edgeworth to Peter Holland and letters from Sir Henry Holland to Maria Edgeworth, Lucy Aikin and Peter Holland

Letters from the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) to the physician Peter Holland (1766-1855); and letters from his son, the physician Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873) to Maria, Peter and the historian Lucy Aikin (1781-1864).
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1799-1853; 1799-20th century
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Manuscript 'school piece' by Thomas Hartley at Mr Earle's Academy, Deptford

Manuscript 'school piece' by Thomas Hartley at Mr Earle's Academy, Deptford, 1754.
Shelfmark: MS. 22056
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 18 Dec 1754
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Notebook of Jane Johnson, containing poems, hymns

Notebook of Jane Johnson, containing poems, hymns and (fols. 19-42) 'A very pretty story to tell children when they are about five or six years of age'
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 198
Extents: 50 Leaves
Dates: 1733-52
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Papers of Joseph Addison from the Tickell family collection

Papers of Joseph Addison from the Tickell family collection
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 293/1-4
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1714-1715
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Speech delivered by Ali Smith at the opening of the Bodleian Library's Which Jane Austen? exhibition

Speech delivered by Ali Smith at the opening of the Bodleian Library's Which Jane Austen? exhibition.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fol. 29
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: Jun 2017
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William Collins, 'Ode to a Friend on his Return, etc.'

Autograph copy of William Collins, 'Ode to a Friend on his Return, etc.', with a later copy by Dr Alexander Carlyle
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 87
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates: [1749?], 1788