John Thelwall Letters

The bulk of this collection is comprised of eight letters from John Thelwall to Thomas Hardy written between 1796 and 1805. They are numbered at the top (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13), suggesting that the letters are part of a group of at least thirteen. In 1950 the English poet, critic, and literary editor, Edgell Rickword (1898-1982), purchased the letters from the Bookseller Rogers of Newcastle and later published seven of them in Literature and Society: Essays and Opinions (II), 1931-1978 (Manchester: Carcanet New Press, 1978). Rickword also published an article on these letters entitled: "Thelwall to Hardy" in The Times Literary Supplement, 17 June 1953.

In addition to the eight letters from Thelwall to Hardy, this collection also includes a short note from Thomas Hardy to a "Mr. Gardner"; the note is dated 2 April 1821.

Metadata

Creator: Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
Date: 1796-1799, 1803, 1805, 1821
Material Type: Mixed Materials
Genre/Physical Characteristic: Letters (correspondence)
Dimensions: .5 Cubic feet
Language: English
Identifier: MSE/MD 3811
Campus Location: Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
Conditions Governing Access: No restrictions
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Immediate Source of Acquisition: The John Thelwall Letters were purchased by the Hesburgh Libraries in 2013 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, London, U.K
Subject: Great Britain -- Intellectual life; Romanticism -- Great Britain; Hardy, Thomas, 1748-1798; Thelwall, John, 1764-1834 -- Political and social views
Link to Finding Aid: https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/3/resources/1390; This digital collection may not include all items or all of the information available about the source collection. See the finding aid for more information.
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