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John Kenyon Autograph Album: Finding Aid http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pr8222 No online items John Kenyon Autograph Album: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, April 8, 2011. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2011 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. John Kenyon Autograph Album: mssHM 69273-69383 1 Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: John Kenyon Autograph Album Dates (inclusive): 1806-1903 Collection Number: mssHM 69273-69383 Collector: Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Extent: 111 pieces in 2 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection consists of a disbound autograph album chiefly containing manuscripts and letters written by leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. John Kenyon Autograph Album, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Purchased from Soethby's, lot 522, July 1964. Cataloging Decisions 1. The autograph album which originally housed the letters has been disbound, and the letters placed in individual folders; the album also contained a small group of loose letters placed at the back of the album, and these have also been placed in individual folders. 2. The autograph album was started by John Kenyon at an unknown date, and continued after his death, possibly by a family member, until the beginning of the 20th century. It was decided to retain the name of John Kenyon Autograph Album, even though the majority of the letters are addressed to James Booth and various other addressees. Biographical Note John Kenyon (1784-1856), was a British poet and philanthropist. Other important addressees in the collection are: Robert Johnston Barton (d. 1879), was a British Captain in the Coldstream Guards, killed in action in Zululand in 1879; James Booth (1796-1880), was a British Barrister and Secretary of the Board of Trade, and his wife, Jane Noble Booth (d. 1872); Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), was a British politician; Henry Bellenden Ker (1785?-1871), British legal reformer. Scope and Content The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts and letters written by leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers. The manuscripts include poems by Daniel Webester, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Helen Maria Williams. The political correspondents include John Bright, Hugh McCalmont Cairns (Earl Cairns), George William Villiers (Earl of Clarendon), Frances Power Cobbe, Richard Cobden, William Ewart Gladstone, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Temple (Viscount Palmerston), and George Frederick Robinson (Marquess of Ripon). The artist, scientific, and literary correspondents include Charles Babbage, Sara Coleridge, Charles Eastlake, Maria Edgeworth, Robert Fitzroy, John Forster, Elizabeth Gaskell, Grace Greenwood, Felicia Hemans, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton), Edwin Landseer, William Macready, Harriet Martineau, Roderick Impey Murchison, Caroline Norton, and Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Arrangement Organized in the following manner: Manuscripts, Correspondence and Ephemera (Boxes 1-2); arranged alphabetically. John Kenyon Autograph Album: mssHM 69273-69383 2 Finding Aid • Barton, Robert Johnston, d. 1879. In Frances Anna Elliot, Countess of Russell, d. 1898, letter to [Mr.] ----- Barton, (1879, May 22). HM 69359. • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. In Grace Greenwood, 1823-1904, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1852, Oct. 8). HM 69316. • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Aurora Leigh. In Mrs. (Anna) Jameson, 1794-1860, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([1856], Nov. 22). HM 69330. • Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. In Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801-1866, letter to John Kenyon, 1784- 1856, ([1849]). HM 69288. • Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877. In Frances Power Cobbe, 1822-1904, letter to [my dear Friend], ([ca. 1858?]). HM 69293. • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?], May 15). HM 69295. • Decimal System -- Great Britain. In Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron Overstone, 1796-1883, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, (1855, Oct. 12). HM 69344. • Eastlake, C. L. (Charles Lock), Sir, 1793-1865. In Elizabeth Eastlake, 1809-1893, letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871, (1864, Oct. 2). HM 69303. • Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. In F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller, 1823-1900, letter to Robert Caesar Childers, 1838-1876, ([1870], Aug. 30). HM 69344. • Forster, John, 1812-1876. In Barry Cornwall, 1787-1874, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1856, Sep. 16). HM 69297. • Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, 1797-1873, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, ([1862?], Mar. 29). HM 69368. • Hervey, Stirling. Fanny Hervey V1: or The Mother’s Choice. In Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801- 1866, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([1849]). HM 69288. • Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864. In Grace Greenwood, 1823-1904, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1852, Oct. 8). HM 69316. • Le Breton, Anna Letitia, 1808-1885. In Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, letter to James Booth, 1796- 1880, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17). HM 69274. • Le Breton, P. H. (Philip Hemery). In Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17). HM 69274. • Lough, John Graham, 1798-1876. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?], May 15). HM 69295. • Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873. In William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1848, Oct. 16). HM 69354. • Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341. • Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. In Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341. • Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?], May 15). HM 69295. • Telegraph -- Great Britain. In Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, letter to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton, 1798-1869, (1851, July 11). HM 69351. • Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. In William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1848, Oct. 16). HM 69354. • Trollope, Theodosia Garrow, 1825-1865. In Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 1810-1892, letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871, (1863, June 1). HM 69374. • Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892. In Theodosia Garrow Trollope, 1825-1865, letter to [Miss] ---- Clarke, (1863, Apr. 13). HM 69373. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Charles Cornwallis Chesney, 1826-1876, ([ca. 1870?], Jan. 12). HM 69289. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for M---- Fitzgerald, ([ca. 1870?], Sep. 20). HM 69306. John Kenyon Autograph Album: mssHM 69273-69383 3 Finding Aid • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Francis George Hugh Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, 1812-1884, (1875, Aug. 1). HM 69323. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Sir James Hope, 1808-1881, (1871, June 20). HM 69325. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Douglas Beresford Graham, Duke of Montrose, 1852-1925, ([1875?], July 13). HM 69343. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for James Edward William Theobald Butler, Marquis of Ormonde, 1844-1919, (1877, Apr. 14). HM 69348. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville, 1821- 1878, (1875, Sep. 3). HM 69379. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Evelyn Wood, 1838-1919, ([1875?]-1878). HM 69381-69382. • Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Fred -----, (1878, Mar. 21). HM 69383. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17). HM 69274. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll, 1823-1900, (1861, July 2). HM 69276. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Charles Babbage, 1791-1871, (1856, Dec. 24). HM 69278. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell, 1813-1886, (1864, Apr. 4). HM 69286. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1802-1864, ([ca. 1862?], July 9). HM 69287. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 1800-1870, (1852, Jan. 12). HM 69291. • Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861, ([1851?], July 18). HM 69292. • Booth,
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