Edward Jerningham Papers mssJE
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
February 2021
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Edward Jerningham papers
Creator:
Jerningham, Mr. (Edward),
1737?-1812
Identifier/Call Number: mssJE
Physical Description:
23 Linear Feet
(20 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1760-1820
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
life and work of Edward Jerningham, English poet and dramatist.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Edward Jerningham papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sawyer, 1926.
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
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.
General
Former call number: mssJE 1-1194.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, English -- 18th
century
Authors, English -- 19th century
Dramatists, English -- 18th century
Dramatists, English -- 19th century
Poets, English -- 18th century
Poets, English -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain
Manuscripts (documents) -- Great Britain
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia),
1743-1825
Beauchamp-Proctor, Mary, Lady, approximately 1760-1848
Beville, William,
1755-1822
Colls, John Henry, 1764-1802
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or
1749-1828
Desca, Anthony
Hervey, Elizabeth, approximately
1748-approximately 1820
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Jersey, Frances Villiers,
Countess of, 1753-1821
Miller, Anna Riggs, Lady,
1741-1781
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth),
1718-1800
Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804
Seward, Anna, 1742-1809
Stockdale, Percival,
1736-1811
Tasker, William,
1740-1800
Temple, William Johnston,
1739-1796
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827
Box 1
Approximately 1710-1775 November
Box 9
1790 July-approximately 1790 (A-B)
Box 11
Approximately 1790 (S-Y; unidentified)
Box 15
1795 June-approximately 1795 (A-G)
