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Selected Correspondence of Horace N. Pym

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Pym, Horace N.

Pym, more properly known as Horatio Noble Pym, was a confidential solicitor, book collector, and the editor of the best-selling private journal of the Quaker writer Caroline Fox, Memories of Old Friends, published in 1881. Admirer of the masters of English literature, he particularly reverenced Charles Dickens.

The collection consists of over 100 letters to Pym and his wife on literary, artistic, and social subjects --and with many references to Charles Dickens, his life and books -- including twenty letters (1882-1895) by F. C. Burnand, eight (1883-1889) by Mary ("Mamie") Dickens, and twenty-four (1883-1902) by Georgina Hogarth (and her photograph) Other writers, artists, and politicians include F. Anstey, Harry Furniss, William Ewart Gladstone, Andrew Lang, Sidney Lee, Frederick Lehmann, John Lubbock, John Murray, James Payn (with photograph and proof of his short story "The Guinea Box"), Princess Louise, George Richmond, Edward Linley Sambourne, and Leslie Stephen.

Purchased from a Sotheby's sale in January 2008 (AM2008-63).

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This collection was processed by John Delaney in January 2008. Finding aid written by John Delaney in January 2008.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
John Delaney
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence of Horace N. Pym, including Mary Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name.

Physical Description

1 box

A - E, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836-1917, 1882-1895. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

20 letters, 1 telegram

Physical Description

1 folder

Dickens, Mary ("Mamie"), 1836-1896, 1883-1889. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

7 letters

Physical Description

1 folder

F - J, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hogarth, Georgina, 1827-1917, 1883-1902. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

24 letters, 1 photograph

Physical Description

1 folder

K - M, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll, 1848-1939, 1882-1889. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 letters

Physical Description

1 folder

N - R, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

S - Z, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Autographs, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest