Harlan W. Hamilton collection of correspondence

The Harlan W. Hamilton collection of correspondence consists of collected historical correspondence from William Combe, Maria Cosway, Louis XIV, King of France, and Samuel Rogers. There is also one letter to Hamilton.

Folder 1(black) - Letters of William Combe to different friends and relatives, including his letters to Maria Cosway (Combe's sister in law), to Sarah Smith (wealthy patron of arts) and R. Ackermann (publisher of Doctor Syntax).

Folder 2 (black)- Letters of Maria Cosway, a famous Irish-Italian miniature painter (Comber's sister in law) to her husband Richard Cosway and to some friends, such as Prince Hoare and Cardinal Fesch. The list of letters is on the first page of the folder. It includes also letters of Duchess of Kingston, Ms. Elithabeth Chudleigh to Maria Cosway and to Evelyn Meadows (nephew of the Duke of Kingston).

Folder 3 - The earliest letter (in French)is dated with 1704 and represents an order on behalf of Louis XIV, King of France to Lieutenant M. de Beaulieu to rejoin the army. The order was signed by M. Chamillard (Minister of Finance during the rein of Louis XIV).

Folder 4 - There are also three letters of famous English poet Samuel Rogers who was also a well-known patron of the arts (1763-1855). One letter is addressed to Lord Denman (15th September 1847), the other latter is addressed to Dr. Charles Burney (December 1803) and the last letter of G. Birkbeck Hill (editor of Boswell) to a son of William Lloyd Garrison (August 1890).

Folder 5 - One letter from Stanley Morison, English typographer, designer, and print historian, to Hamilton thanking him for his visit and returning a borrowed copy of Notes and Queries.