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Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849)

Hartley Coleridge was the eldest child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Sara Coleridge. He wrote essays for magazines, had a book of poetry published and worked as a school teacher.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

See also: GRMDC.A48
Reference Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849)
There are 98 works by Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849) in the Trust's collection, e.g.:
1986.13.15 Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849). - Letter, from Grasmere, to Mary Lutwidge (1779-1859), at The Cottage, dated 11 August, post 1829 (when Mr. Lutwidge was only a Lieutenant). - 1 folded sheet. - He begins 'H. 's compliments to Captain and Mrs Lutwidge...' He writes that he accepts their invitation for Tuesday evening. He also assures Mary Lutwidge that he has returned all the books he borrowed.
1988.151 Massinger, Philip and Ford, John. - The dramatic works of Massinger and Ford. With an introduction, by Hartley Coleridge. - A new edition. - London : Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1859. - 240 x 170mm ; text block height 231mm ; full bound leather ; frontis ; illustrated half title page.
1990.74.2 Coleridge, Hartley. - Hartley Coleridge Poems 1833. - Oxford ; New York : Woodstock Books, 1990. - 209 x 133mm ; text block height 199mm ; green cloth with dust-jacket ; part of a series of facsimile reprints chosen and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834), facsimile of the work published in Leeds by F.E. Bingley and London by Baldwin and Cradock, 1833.
1991.101.5 Coleridge, Hartley. - Letters of Hartley Coleridge edited by Grace Evelyn Griggs and Earl Leslie Griggs. - London : Oxford University Press, 1936. - 219 x 150mm ; text block height 214mm ; orange cloth ; frontispiece.
1993.140 Group of papers that come with incomplete and only partly accurate catalogue with note 'these letters mainly concern 'Keswick' John Wordsworth (1815-1846), son of Richard, brother of W.W. (William), who died aged 31 at Ambleside after a brief career in the Medical Dept of the army and is buried at Grasmere.'Includes letter from Dora Wordsworth (1804-1847) to John Wordsworth referring to the death of Joanna Hutchinson, sister of Mary Hutchinson (1843) ; 2 letters from Dora Wordsworth to Jane Lightfoot, mother of John Wordsworth, one dated 4 December 1839 and signed 'Dora Wordsworth, the other a letter of condolence on the death of John Wordsworth dated 23 September 1846 ; letter from the poet Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) to William Wordsworth, undated ; 2 letters from Dr MacGregor to William Wordsworth dated 30 January 1839 and 16 September 1843 ; five letters from John Wordsworth to his mother concerning the Meditterranean stations where he was posted, dated 20 December 1840 to 17 May 1843 ; letter from Mary Wordsworth (1770-1859) to wealthy neighbour and friend Sarah Greenwood dated 10 May 1851 ; copied verbatim from the notebook of schoolmaster Robert Hughman of Yoxford, Suffolk with exchange of letters between Hughman and William Wordsworth dated 1845, attached with explanation of letters by Hughman's great-grandson Leopold Hughman dated June 1959 ; poem by Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849) with opening line 'Believe I pray - who can believe I pray' ; testimonials in favour of David Laing (1793-1878) antiquary, bibliographer, distinguished historian and man of letters for office of Principal Librarian to the Society of Writers to his Majesty's Signet at the University of Edinburgh dated April 1837, includes part of a letter by the poet Robert Southey (1774-1843), also includes an application letter by Laing for post of Office of Keeper at the University of Edinburgh Library dated 27 December 1848.


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