Curran, Amelia 1775-1847

Oil portrait of William Shelley by Amelia Curran ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1819 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material : 293 items, 1809-1822 by Percy Bysshe Shelley ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
The Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: the holograph manuscript of his Philosophical View of Reform; the "Esdaile Notebook," a copybook containing over fifty early holograph poems; and extensive holograph revisions in a printed copy of his Queen Mab. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1810 and 1822 and discusses publishing matters, family arrangements and financial concerns. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, poet (his friend); William Godwin, philosopher and novelist (his father-in-law); Thomas Jefferson Hogg, his friend and biographer, Mary Shelley, novelist (his wife); and over fifty others.

William Godwin manuscript material : 338 items, 1778-1836 by William Godwin ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
The William Godwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, promissory notes, and various other documents. The writings include: complete holograph manuscript drafts of his works Fleetwood, Coludesley, and Lives of the Necromancers ; manuscript drafts of essays from his Enquirer ; and proof revisions written in volumes of his Political Justice and St. Leon. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1795-1834 and mostly discusses Godwin's research, business matters and financial arrangements. Correspondents include: Mary Shelley, novelist (his daughter) ; Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (his son-in-law) ; Aaron Burr, vice president of the United States ; Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet ; and over one hundred others. The promissory notes date from between 1804-1818, and are mostly to neighborhood merchants. Various other documents include library call slips, memos of agreement for business deals, and Godwin's last will and testament. A fair amount of The Pforzheimer Collection's Godwin manuscript material dated before 1822 is published, with extensive commentary, in Shelley and His Circle.