Timothy Shelley manuscript material

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Description: Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet of Castle Goring, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. The Timothy Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of legal documents and correspondence. The legal documents include a holograph draft lease of Castle Goring and autograph signatures on indenture agreements. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1811 and 1823. Correspondents include: Thomas Jefferson Hogg, friend of P. B. Shelley; Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (his son); William Whitton, his lawyer; and a few others.
Names: Shelley, Timothy, Sir, 1753-1844 (Creator); Clarke, Robert, solicitor (Addressee); Hogg, John, 1761-1823 (Addressee); Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1862 (Addressee); Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Addressee); Shelley, Timothy, Sir, 1753-1844 (Addressee); Whitton, William, 1762 or 1763-1832 (Addressee); English & Becks, (upholsterers of Bath) (Addressee)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1797 - 1837
Library locations: Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle; Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Topics: Fathers of authors -- Great Britain -- 19th century; Legal documents -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Genres: Manuscripts; Correspondence
Notes: Biographical/historical: Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet of Castle Goring, father of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet.
Physical Description: Extent: 27 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20244063; MSS Unit ID: 23058; Archives collections id: archives_collections_23058; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3e600000-df13-0133-e6ee-00505686d14e