Collier, John Payne. Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various recipients

Folger bibliographic ID: 191307
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Folger holdings ID: 349385

216 mostly autograph letters signed and initialed; also, newspaper clippings. Letters include references to various literary figures: several refer to E. Alleyn; (173) to Collier's copy of a masque with emendations in Chapman's hand; (26) to information about Churchyard; (32, 156) discuss his editions of Coleridge lectures; (127) to his having Drayton's copy of the Faerie Queene; (153) to [Forman's] diary describing Shakespearean performances; (34) to Greene's Menaphon; some to his work on John Bunyan; (126, 127) to a misplaced Southey manuscript. Shakespearean references include: authorship of Edward III; biographical information; facsimiles of plays; alleged forgeries; his house; his knowledge of law; monuments; portraits, and criticism. Scattered references to attacks on Collier occur in the Ebsworth letters and elsewhere; several concern the Perkins Folio; enclosed in (167) are copies of 16 title pages taken from the "corrected folio of 1632." Letters contain numerous references to his associations with the Camden Society, the Percy Society, and the Shakespeare Society. (216-223) are newspaper clippings, 1859-1860, discussing the authenticity of emendations in the Perkins Folio; with them is Collier's unpublished draft of his reply, March 25, 1860, to Sir Frederic Madden's letter in the Times

General notes

Some letters undated Recipients: James W. Bailey, R. Balmanno, E. J. Baverstock, Messrs. Bell and Daldy, W.C. Bennett, P. Bliss, H. Brown, Messrs. Chapman and Hall, William Chappell, Robert Cole, [George Cruikshank?], W. Hepworth Dixon, J.W. Ebsworth, F.S. Ellis, F.W. Fairholt, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Flower, Fraser's Magazine, H.H. Furness, J.W. Guild, William Hone, Richard Hooper, Hugh Hopkins, [William Hunt], C.M. Ingleby, J.W. Jarvis, Swynfen Jervis, Edward Jesse, David Laing, E.C. Lowe, Sir Frederic Madden, J. Maidment, J.B. Nichols, Cornelius Paine, T.J. Pettigrew, William Pickering, G. Pycroft, W.W. Reid, E.F. Rimbault, Thomas Rodd, H.F. Sewall, R.H. Shepherd, F. Shoberl, Alexander Smith, C.W. Stearns, T.G. Stevenson, Mr. Stock, [Alfred Dixon?] Toovey, W. Tyson, W. Brownlow Waight, H.B. Wheatley, Thomas Wright, and unidentified persons

Extended title: Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various recipients 1818-1882

Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626 Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631 Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 Forman, Simon, 1552-1611 Greene, Robert, 1558-1592. Menaphon Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Edward III Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Southey, Richard, Sir, 1808-1901 Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 Camden Society (Great Britain) Percy Society Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

correspondent: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
subject: Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626
subject: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
subject: Chapman, George, 1559?-1634
subject: Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
subject: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
subject: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
subject: Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
subject: Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
subject: Forman, Simon, 1552-1611
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Southey, Richard, Sir, 1808-1901
subject: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
subject: Camden Society (Great Britain)
subject: Percy Society
subject: Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)
correspondent: Bailey, James W., active 19th century
correspondent: Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861
correspondent: Baverstock, E. J., active 19th century
correspondent: Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895
correspondent: Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857
correspondent: Brown, Henry, active 19th century
correspondent: Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888
correspondent: Cole, Robert, active 19th century
correspondent: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
correspondent: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
correspondent: Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908
correspondent: Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
correspondent: Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866
correspondent: Flower, Selina, -1884
correspondent: Flower, Edward Fordham, 1805-1883
correspondent: Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912
correspondent: Guild, James Wyllie
correspondent: Hone, William, 1780-1842
correspondent: Hooper, Richard, 1821-1894
correspondent: Hopkins, Hugh, active 19th century
correspondent: Hunt, William Oakes, 1795-1873
correspondent: Ingleby, C. M. (Clement Mansfield), 1823-1886
correspondent: Jarvis, John William, active 19th century
correspondent: Jervis, Swynfen, 1797-1867
correspondent: Jesse, Edward, 1780-1868
correspondent: Laing, David, 1793-1878
correspondent: Lowe, Edward C. (Edward Clarke), 1823-1912
correspondent: Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873
correspondent: Maidment, James, 1793-1879
correspondent: Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863
correspondent: Paine, Cornelius, 1809-1890
correspondent: Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865
correspondent: Pickering, William, 1796-1854
correspondent: Pycroft, George, 1819-1894
correspondent: Reid, W. Wardlaw, active 19th century
correspondent: Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876
correspondent: Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849
correspondent: Sewall, Henry F., 1816-1896
correspondent: Shepherd, Richard Herne, 1842-1895
correspondent: Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853
correspondent: Smith, Alexander, Esq.
correspondent: Stearns, Charles W. (Charles Woodward), 1818-1887
correspondent: Stevenson, Thomas George
correspondent: Stock, Mr., active 19th century
correspondent: Toovey, Alfred Dixon, active 19th century
correspondent: Tyson, W., active 19th century
correspondent: Waight, W. Brownlow, active 19th century
correspondent: Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917
correspondent: Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
correspondent: Bell and Daldy
correspondent: Chapman and Hall