[Collection of 10 ALS to and from varied correspondents related to John Payne Collier]

[Collection of 10 ALS to and from varied correspondents related to John Payne Collier]

Author: Collier, John P. (John Payne); Madden Frederick ; Halliwell, James O. (James Orchard) ; Schoenbaum, Samuel

Year: 1825

[ALS to William Harness], [London], [ca. 1825-1833], 8vo. p. 1 + address leaf. Letter in which Collier shows regret that he cannot dine on Friday because of another ‘not very agreeable’ engagement. [ALS to John Foster], 1835-01-15, 4to. p. 1 + address leaf. Inviting Forster to dine and saying ‘it is so long since we saw you (meâ culpâ) that perhaps you may have forgotten where we live.’ [ALS to Mr Coffin], [ca. 1839-1842], 4to. pp. 2. Letter in which Collier says that it would have been better had Coffin sent his note to Collier’s home (24 Brompton Square) rather than the Morning Chronicle office. Still, ‘I shall always (as you know) be happy to aid any such project & you need not get Mr Easthope’s sanction to induce me to do all that lies in my power.’ [ALS to Swynfen Jervis], [London], 1848-12-30, 8vo. p. 1. Letter in wich Collier accepts an invitation. [ALS to Frederick Augustus Carrington, barrister of Lincoln’s Inn], Maidenhead, 1853-07-06, 8vo. pp. 2. Letter in which Collier replies to a note from Carrington, and hopes that he will be able to supply a reference from Coke concerning kerns and gallowglasses [see Macbeth, I.ii.]. ‘Here I have comparatively few books about me, an