Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Cataloging Decisions
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing: Added Entries and Subjects
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: John Kenyon Autograph Album
Dates (inclusive): 1806-1903
Collection Number: mssHM 69273-69383
Collector: Kenyon, John, 1784-1856.
Extent: 111 pieces in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection consists of a disbound autograph album chiefly containing manuscripts and letters written by
leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also
a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers.
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
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activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. John Kenyon Autograph Album, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Soethby's, lot 522, July 1964.
Cataloging Decisions
1. The autograph album which originally housed the letters has been disbound, and the letters placed in individual folders;
the album also contained a small group of loose letters placed at the back of the album, and these have also been placed in
individual folders.
2. The autograph album was started by John Kenyon at an unknown date, and continued after his death, possibly by a family
member, until the beginning of the 20th century. It was decided to retain the name of John Kenyon Autograph Album, even though
the majority of the letters are addressed to James Booth and various other addressees.
Biographical Note
John Kenyon (1784-1856), was a British poet and philanthropist. Other important
addressees in the collection are: Robert Johnston Barton (d. 1879), was a British
Captain in the Coldstream Guards, killed in action in Zululand in 1879; James Booth
(1796-1880), was a British Barrister and Secretary of the Board of Trade, and his
wife, Jane Noble Booth (d. 1872); Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), was a British
politician; Henry Bellenden Ker (1785?-1871), British legal reformer.
Scope and Content
The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts and letters written by
leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also
a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers. The
manuscripts include poems by Daniel Webester, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Helen
Maria Williams. The political correspondents include John Bright, Hugh McCalmont
Cairns (Earl Cairns), George William Villiers (Earl of Clarendon), Frances Power
Cobbe, Richard Cobden, William Ewart Gladstone, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Temple
(Viscount Palmerston), and George Frederick Robinson (Marquess of Ripon). The
artist, scientific, and literary correspondents include Charles Babbage, Sara
Coleridge, Charles Eastlake, Maria Edgeworth, Robert Fitzroy, John Forster,
Elizabeth Gaskell, Grace Greenwood, Felicia Hemans, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron
Houghton), Edwin Landseer, William Macready, Harriet Martineau, Roderick Impey
Murchison, Caroline Norton, and Catharine Maria Sedgwick.
Arrangement
Organized in the following manner: Manuscripts, Correspondence and Ephemera (Boxes
1-2); arranged alphabetically.
- Barton, Robert Johnston, d. 1879. In Frances Anna Elliot, Countess of Russell, d. 1898, letter to [Mr.] ----- Barton, (1879,
May 22). HM 69359.
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. In Grace Greenwood, 1823-1904, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1852, Oct. 8).
HM 69316.
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Aurora Leigh. In Mrs. (Anna) Jameson, 1794-1860, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856,
([1856], Nov. 22). HM 69330.
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. In Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801-1866, letter to John Kenyon, 1784- 1856, ([1849]). HM 69288.
- Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877. In Frances Power Cobbe, 1822-1904, letter to [my dear Friend], ([ca. 1858?]). HM 69293.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?],
May 15). HM 69295.
- Decimal System -- Great Britain. In Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron Overstone, 1796-1883, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, (1855,
Oct. 12). HM 69344.
- Eastlake, C. L. (Charles Lock), Sir, 1793-1865. In Elizabeth Eastlake, 1809-1893, letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden)
Ker, 1785?-1871, (1864, Oct. 2). HM 69303.
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. In F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller, 1823-1900, letter to Robert Caesar Childers, 1838-1876,
([1870], Aug. 30). HM 69344.
- Forster, John, 1812-1876. In Barry Cornwall, 1787-1874, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1856, Sep. 16). HM 69297.
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, 1797-1873, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, ([1862?],
Mar. 29). HM 69368.
- Hervey, Stirling. Fanny Hervey V1: or The Mother’s Choice. In Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801- 1866, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856,
([1849]). HM 69288.
- Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864. In Grace Greenwood, 1823-1904, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1852, Oct. 8). HM 69316.
- Le Breton, Anna Letitia, 1808-1885. In Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, letter to James Booth, 1796- 1880, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17).
HM 69274.
- Le Breton, P. H. (Philip Hemery). In Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17). HM
69274.
- Lough, John Graham, 1798-1876. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?], May
15). HM 69295.
- Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873. In William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1848, Oct.
16). HM 69354.
- Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, letter to Jane Noble
Booth, d. 1872, ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341.
- Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. In Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, letter to Jane Noble
Booth, d. 1872, ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341.
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. In Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, ([ca. 1846?], May 15).
HM 69295.
- Telegraph -- Great Britain. In Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, letter to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton,
1798-1869, (1851, July 11). HM 69351.
- Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. In William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859, letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, (1848, Oct. 16).
HM 69354.
- Trollope, Theodosia Garrow, 1825-1865. In Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 1810-1892, letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker,
1785?-1871, (1863, June 1). HM 69374.
- Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892. In Theodosia Garrow Trollope, 1825-1865, letter to [Miss] ---- Clarke, (1863, Apr.
13). HM 69373.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Charles Cornwallis Chesney, 1826-1876, ([ca. 1870?], Jan. 12). HM 69289.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for M---- Fitzgerald, ([ca. 1870?], Sep. 20). HM 69306.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Francis George Hugh Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, 1812-1884, (1875, Aug.
1). HM 69323.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Sir James Hope, 1808-1881, (1871, June 20). HM 69325.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Douglas Beresford Graham, Duke of Montrose, 1852-1925, ([1875?], July 13).
HM 69343.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for James Edward William Theobald Butler, Marquis of Ormonde, 1844-1919, (1877,
Apr. 14). HM 69348.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville, 1821- 1878, (1875, Sep. 3). HM 69379.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Evelyn Wood, 1838-1919, ([1875?]-1878). HM 69381-69382.
- Barton, Johnston Robert, d. 1879. Addressee for Fred -----, (1878, Mar. 21). HM 69383.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Lucy Aikin, 1781-1864, ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17). HM 69274.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll, 1823-1900, (1861, July 2). HM 69276.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Charles Babbage, 1791-1871, (1856, Dec. 24). HM 69278.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell, 1813-1886, (1864, Apr. 4). HM 69286.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1802-1864, ([ca. 1862?], July 9).
HM 69287.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 1800-1870, (1852, Jan. 12).
HM 69291.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861, ([1851?], July 18). HM 69292.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Richard Cobden, 1804-1865, (1860, May 4). HM 69294.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth, 1790-1868, (1854, Nov. 4). HM 69299.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir C. L. (Charles Lock) Eastlake, 1793-1865, (1856, Dec. 17). HM 69302.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir William Erle, 1793-1880, (1846, Feb. 15). HM 69305.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, (1861, June 7). HM 69307.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Albany Fonblanque, 1793-1872, ([ca. 1870?], Apr. 22). HM 69308.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, (1862, Jan. 3). HM 69311.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville, 1815-1891, (1863, Apr. 4). HM 69315.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for George Grote, 1794-1871, ([ca. 1860?], Feb. 21). HM 69317.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir Edmund Walker Head, 1805-1868, (1864, Apr. 22). HM 69320.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for J. W. (Joseph Warner) Henley, 1793-1884, (1854, Dec. 25). HM 69322.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir Rowland Hill, 1795-1879, (1866, Jan. 30). HM 69324.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron Houghton, 1809- 1885, ([ca. 1870?], May 5). HM 69326.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir William Hutt, 1801-1882, (1865, May 26). HM 69327.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh, 1818- 1887, (1859, June 9). HM 69328.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for James, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868, (1852, June 9). HM 69329.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Alexander William Kinglake, 1809-1891, (1852, Dec. 4). HM 69331.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1817-1894, ([1866?], Aug. 18). HM 69334.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Denis Le Marchant, 1795-1874, (1865, Feb. 24). HM 69335.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 1806-1863, (1844, June 14). HM 69337.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1792-1871, (1860, Oct. 18). HM 69345.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron Overtsone, 1796-1883, (1855, Oct. 12). HM 69349.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir Anthony Panizzi, 1797-1879, ([ca. 1865?], June 10). HM 69352.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Thomas Roscoe, 1791-1871, (1849, June 13). HM 69358.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Nassau William Senior, 1790-1864, ([ca. 1850?]). HM 69362.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, 1811-1892, (1858, Nov. 1). HM 69363.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley of Adderley, 1802-1869, (1865, May 31). HM 69366.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Sir James Stephen, 1789-1859, (1852, May 28). HM 69367.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, 1797-1873, ([1862?], Mar. 29). HM 69368.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton, 1798-1869, (1854, Nov. 6). HM 69369.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Tom Taylor, 1817-1880, ([1853?], Nov. 3). HM 69370.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Charles E. (Charles Edward) Trevelyn, 1807-1886, (1853, Mar. 2). HM 69372.
- Booth, James, 1796-1880. Addressee for Theodor von Wagner, 1800-1880, (1844, Oct. 8). HM 69375.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for Sarah Austin, 1793-1867, ([1861], Apr. 13). HM 69277.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for Maria Edgeworth, 1767-1849, (1844, Feb. 8). HM 69304.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for John Forster, 1812-1876, (1854, May 1). HM 69309.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, 1810-1865, ([1851, July]). HM 69310.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Addressee for John Romilly, Baron Romilly, 1802-1874, ([ca. 1850?]). HM 69357.
- Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872. Joint Addressee for Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861, ([1851?], July 18). HM 69292.
- Carte, Alexander, 1805-1881. Addressee for Sir Francis Leopold M’Clintock, 1819-1907, (1864, Jan. 23). HM 69339.
- Childers, Robert Caesar, 1838-1876. Addressee for F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller 1823-1900, ([1870], Aug. 30). HM 69344.
- Cobbett, William, 1763-1835. Addressee for Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751-1816, ([1806, Nov. 12]). HM 69364.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, 1819-1861, (1861, Feb. 22). HM
69275.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for John Bright, 1811-1889, (1864, May 14). HM 69281.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Earl Cairns, 1819- 1885, (1861, July 1). HM 69284.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone, 1809- 1898, (1860, Mar. 20). HM 69312.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for Charles Wood, Viscount Halifax, 1800-1885, (1864, July 21). HM 69319.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of Ripon, 1827-1909, (1864, Dec.
18). HM 69355.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne, 1812- 1895, (1863, Dec. 10). HM 69361.
- Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. Addressee for Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of Somerset, (1862, Nov. 20). HM 69365.
- Holland, Ellen Julia, 1822-1884. Addressee for Victor Cousin, 1792-1867, (1864, Nov. 30). HM 69298.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Mary Berry, 1763-1852, ([1844?], Apr. 10). HM 69279.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, 1789-1849, (1839, May 29). HM 69280.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801-1866, ([1849]). HM 69288.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Sara Coleridge Coleridge, 1802-1852, ([ca. 1846?], May 15). HM 69295.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Barry Cornwall, 1787-1874, (1856, Sep. 16). HM 69297.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Alexander Dyce, 1798-1869, ([ca. 1850?]). HM 69301.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for S---- Gore, (1838, May 7). HM 69314.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Grace Greenwood, 1823-1904, (1852, Oct. 8). HM 69316.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for M. (François) Guizot, 1787-1874, (1848, June 17). HM 69318.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Mrs. (Anna) Jameson, 1794-1860, ([1856], Nov. 22). HM 69330.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for William Charles Macready, 1793-1873, ([ca. 1850?], Sep. 1). HM 69340.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Francis William Newman, 1805-1897, (1849, Feb. 5). HM 69346.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for William Hickling Prescott, 1796-1859, (1848, Oct. 16). HM 69354.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for M. (François) Guizot, 1787-1874, (1848, June 17). HM 69318.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Samuel Rogers, 1763-1855, ([ca. 1845?]). HM 69356.
- Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. Addressee for Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1789-1867, (1843, Apr. 25). HM 69360.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778-1868, ([ca.
1860?]). HM 69282.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Elizabeth Eastlake, 1809-1893, (1864, Oct. 2). HM 69303.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg, 1778-1866, ([ca. 1850?]). HM
69313.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Prosper Mérimée, 1803-1870, (1864, May 19). HM 69342.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1808-1877, ([ca. 1870?]). HM 69347.
- Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871. Addressee for Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 1810-1892, (1863, June 1). HM 69374.
- Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1836-1904. Addressee for Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802-1873, (1864, Sep.
6). HM 69333.
- Stanley of Adderley, Edward John Stanley, Baron, 1802-1869. Addressee for Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth, 1790-1868,
(1855, Apr. 1). HM 69300.
- Taunton, Henry Labouchere, Baron, 1798-1869. Addressee for Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 1784-1865, (1851, July
11). HM 69351.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Kenyon, John,
1784-1856, collector.
Authors, American -- 19th century --
Correspondence.
Authors, English -- 19th century --
Correspondence.
Scientists -- 19th century --
Correspondence.
Statesmen -- Great Britain --
Correspondence.
Women authors -- 19th century --
Correspondence.
Great Britain --
History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Forms/Genres
Business letters -- 19th century.
Ephemera -- 19th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th
century.
Manuscripts -- 19th century.
Additional Contributors
Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.
Barton, Robert Johnston, d. 1879,
recipient.
Booth, James, 1796 or 7-1880,
recipient.
Booth, Jane Noble, d. 1872,
recipient.
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Earl,
1819-1885.
Clarendon, George William Frederick
Villiers, Earl of, 1800-1870.
Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904.
Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, 1802-1852.
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir,
1793-1865.
Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865.
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,
1810-1865.
Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884,
recipient.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart),
1809-1898.
Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904.
Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835.
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes,
Baron, 1809-1885.
Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden),
1785?-1871, recipient.
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir,
1802-1873.
Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir,
1806-1863.
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873.
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876.
Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir,
1792-1871.
Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877.
Palmerston, Henry John Temple,
Viscount, 1784-1865.
Ripon, George Frederick Samuel
Robinson, Marquess of, 1827-1909.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827.