Correspondence: (1) 18 autograph letters from Leigh Hunt to George Bird, 24 June 1851-31 October 1852, concerning medical matters; (2) 1 typewritten letter from Dr Cedric Keith Simpson to Dr E. Clayton Jones, 4 November 1952, concerning the 2 enclosed locks of Leigh Hunt's hair. Leigh Hunt's "last notebook" (so described in Edmund Blunden's hand on the envelope), 80 x 50 mm., containing 5 pp. of accounts (cab fares and postage stamps), dated 1859 (the year of Hunt's death).
Correspondence and associated material relating to Leigh Hunt
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS 19c Hunt
- Dates of Creation
- 1851-1952
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 19 letters, some with original envelopes, 1 notebook, and 2 locks of hair, all held in 1 larger envelope, manuscript and typescript
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) was an essayist and poet. For full details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Bertram Rota Ltd on 10 May 1993
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
The collection is described in some detail in an accompanying booksellers' blurb, which is also held in the envelope.