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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Robert Charles Dallas

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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 of autograph verse by Dallas, apparently unpublished, entitled Poems on Various Occasions (Bath, 1782).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.

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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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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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