Letters and manuscripts by or about Leigh Hunt
Overview
Correspondence by and relating to British essayist and poet, Leigh Hunt, with notes and a composition.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1837-1860
Creator
- Cheltnam, Jacintha Hunt (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good condition.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 volume with 4 folders)Collection includes letters from Leigh Hunt to George L. Craik, Mary P. Craik, Georgiana M. Craik, and others; letters from his daughter, Jacintha Hunt Cheltnam, to Mary P. Craik; notes and fragments of poems by Hunt; and "Memoranda concerning Mr. Leigh Hunt" signed "T.C.".
Biographical / Historical
Leigh Hunt was an English critic, essayist and poet.
Arrangement
Arranged in four series: Leigh Hunt letters; Leigh Hunt notes and compositions; Jacintha Hunt Cheltnam letters to Mary P. Craik; and Memoranda concerning Mr. Leigh Hunt.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020M-18. Gift of Nina Rodale Houghton, 2018 December.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Creator
- Cheltnam, Jacintha Hunt (Correspondent, Person)
- Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866 (Correspondent, Person)
- Craik, Georgiana M. (Georgiana Marion), 1831-1895 (Correspondent, Person)
- Craik, Mary P. (Correspondent, Person)
- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Person)
- Title
- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Letters and manuscripts by or about Leigh Hunt, circa 1837-1860 (MS Eng 1876): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 August 27
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03254
Repository Details
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