Accession number
PML 146391.90
Creator
Blacket, Joseph, 1786-1810.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Endorsed in an unidentified hand on p. 4, "Original letter containing history of dear departed Mr. Blacket".
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Text corresponds closely to Blacket's account of his life published in v. 2 of the Monthly magazine for 1811 and in the introduction to The Remains of Joseph Blacket ... and a Memoir of His Life (London : Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1811), in both instances presented in publication as the contents of a letter to Samuel Jackson Pratt dated Feb. 3, 1809.
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Text corresponds closely to Blacket's account of his life published in v. 2 of the Monthly magazine for 1811 and in the introduction to The Remains of Joseph Blacket ... and a Memoir of His Life (London : Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1811), in both instances presented in publication as the contents of a letter to Samuel Jackson Pratt dated Feb. 3, 1809.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Giving an account of his life from his birth in 1786 to the start of his literary efforts following the death of his wife in 1807.
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