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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Robert Charles Dallas

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0884
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Robert Charles Dallas, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1782-1826 (inclusive)
Creator:
Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824
Form:
Correspondence. and Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence and manuscripts by and related to Robert Charles Dallas collected by Alexander Dallas Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939).

Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824

Robert Charles Dallas was an English author, poet, translator, and friend of Lord Byron.

The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts by and related to Robert Charles Dallas collected by Alexander Dallas Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939). Included here are one letter (1811) by Byron to Dallas, five letters (1798-1801) and one promissory note by Dallas to the publishing firm of Cadell & Davies, a letter each to Thomas Maurice and Miss Smith, and letters by John Poynder and Sarah Smith to others. Also present is a bound volume (195 pp.) of autograph verse by Dallas, apparently unpublished, entitled Poems on Various Occasions (Bath, 1782).

Purchased from the estate of Alexander D. Wainwright in 2000. AM2001-28.

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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

Letter from George Gordon Byronn to R.C. Dallas, 1811 December 17. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

5 Letters and 1 Note from R.C. Dallas to Cadell and Davies, 1798-circa 1812. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from R.C. Dallas to Rev. Thomas Maurice, 1817 July 23. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from John Poynder to unidentified, 1826 February 8. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from R.C. Dallas to Miss Smith, 1813 April 21. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from S. Smith to J.S. Pratt, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from R.C. Dallas to unidentified, 1813 December 29. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Poems on Various Occasions, Bath" by R.C. Dallas, 1782 September. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Bound AMs of verse, cont. binding, 195 pp., bookplate coat of arms/

Physical Description

1 folder

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