Jerningham (Edward) Papers, 1760-1820

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Summary

Title:
Edward Jerningham papers
Dates:
1760-1820
Creators:
Jerningham, Mr. (Edward), 1737?-1812
Abstract:
A collection of material related to the life and work of Edward Jerningham, English poet and dramatist.
Extent:
23 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edward Jerningham papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 1,194 items which consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera (1760-1820); the letters are primarily addressed to Edward Jerningham. Also included are miscellaneous notes and compositions, and one piece of verse titled "The queen of diamonds to Miss Jerningham;" of note is a letter from Thomas Jefferson (1789) thanking Jerningham for a copy of "Enthusiasm." This collection of Jerningham's correspondence was drawn upon by Lewis Bettany for his "Edward Jerningham and his friends," (London, 1919); a penciled number at the bottom of the first page of a letter indicates the page in Bettany's book where the letter is printed. Correspondents represented in the collection include, among others: Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lady Mary Beauchamp-Proctor, William Beville, John Henry Colls, Anne Seymour Damer, Antoine Desca, Elizabeth Hervey, Frances Villiers (Countess of Jersey), Anna Riggs Miller, Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Robert Potter, Anna Seward, Percival Stockdale, William Tasker, William Johnston Temple, Horace Walpole, and Helen Maria Williams.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Jerningham (1737?-1812) was an English poet and dramatist; he was the third son of Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet. Jerningham was educated in France and lived in Paris until 1761. The later years of his life were spent in London where he became acquainted with a large circle of literary, social, and political personages.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Sawyer, 1926.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, March 1955. In 2021, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy in-house summary report.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-04-05 09:29:49 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Edward Jerningham papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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