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Walter Savage Landor Correspondence

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Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864

Walter Savage Landor, an English poet and prose writer, is best remembered for his work Imaginary Conversations.

The collection contains some of Landor's correspondence with family members and friends, including holograph letters (1836-1864) to his brother Henry Eyres Landor, to his sister Elizabeth, and to his nieces Ellen and Kitty, as well as several letters to Lady Blessington, Leigh Hunt, and John Edmund Reade. There are also original letters by Matthew Arnold, Lady Blessington, Shirley Brooks, George Jacob Holyoake, and John Morley, and 20 letters (1865-70) by John Forster and his wife to Landor's niece on the subject of Forster's biography of Landor.

In addition, there are about 200 pages of letters to and from Landor (1795-1864), transcribed in 1930-1931 from the originals when they were in the possession of Rev. Rasleigh Edmund Hungerford Duke, a relation of Landor. Most are addressed to or from family members, and approximately half relate to Landor's brother Henry.

Further accessions include additional correspondence and manuscripts connected with his contribution to The Atlas newspaper. Correspondents include Landor's daughter, Lady Blessington, G. P. R. James, William Charles Macready, and Edward Moxon. Also included are transcripts of original letters (1797-1862) which, formerly in the possession of the firm of Walter T. Spencer of London, were lost when the ship carrying them sank on its war to Princeton, N.J., in December 1940.

Gift of Prof. Robert H. Super '35.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Landor, Henry E, 1836-1851. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Landor, Elizabeth (sister) / Duke, Ellen Landor (niece) / Landor, Kitty (niece), 1849-1864. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Lady Blessington, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Reade, J., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hunt, Leigh, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hare, Mrs., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Editor of Times, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

unidentified, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Copies of letters, made 1930-1931 by Landor, Walter Noble; transcripts copied, 1849, 1930-1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arnold, Matthew, circa 1873-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of, 1837. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Brooks, Shirley, 1856. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Forster, John, 1865-1870. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Holynake, George Jacob, 1867. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kinglake, Arthur, 1855. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Landor, Robert Eyres (brother), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Linton, Eliza Lynn, 1871. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morley, John, 1872. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALS to William Charles Macready, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Transcripts of letters, 1797-1862. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Holograph Mss and letters connected to Landor's contribution to The Atlas newspaper, 1855. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Transcripts of a letter for a scheme for the aid of Ireland, 1947 January 26. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALS to Lady Blessington, 1843. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALS to his daughter, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALS to Edward Moxon, 1846 June 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALS to G. P. R. James, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ALs to an unidentified recipient, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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