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R. D. Blackmore Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) was an English novelist and poet.
This collection contains 120 letters by Blackmore, most of which is personal correspondence. Four autograph manuscripts are included in the collection; one is a short prose work on the difficulties of translation, and three are Blackmore's translations of passages from Homer's ODYSSEY and Virgil's GEORGICS. Among the photographs of Blackmore, one is inscribed, signed, and dated 1893. There are also several documents in the collection relating to the author's ancestors: one, dated 1630, pertains to the leasing of property; another is a pronouncement issued by George III regarding a legal case of Richard Blackmore (1742-1802).
Purchased from Antiquarian Bookseller Center and Pickering and Chatto in 1977.
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Subject
- Classical literature -- Translations into English
- Novelists, English. -- 19th century
- Translating and interpreting. -- 19th century
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Collection Inventory
Consists of reviews of poems by Melanter and a poem entitled, "To My Pen."
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
1 folder
1 folderphotostat)
1 folderphotostat)
Consists of correspondence to individuals such as Elizabeth Morse and Charles Rollin Ballard, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 folderphotostat copies
1 foldercopies
1 foldercopies
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 foldercopies
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of correspondence of individuals such as Charles Rollin and Violet Coward.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description1 box
1 box
1 folder
1 folder
1 foldercopies
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of a marriage license, an indenture between John St. Albon, Esquire and Richard Blackmore, and various pencil sketches.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 foldercopy
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
1 folder
Consists of various photographs.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder