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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

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Series III. Documents

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Wills

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Title
Will (transcript)
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Collection

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

Series III. Documents

Wills

Dates / Origin
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0182)
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Documents
Wills
Notes
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 386: volume V, page 103
Date: Original date 18 February 1817
Content: [From London]; "This is the last Will and Testament of me Percy Bysshe Shelley of Bath in the County of Somerset . . . ." In a clerical hand, copied for Henry James Leigh, Taunton attorney.
Date: Original date 18 February 1817; transcript date after 1828.
Physical Description
Extent: 10 pages + cover (11 single sheets)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17040453
MSS Unit ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1747238
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): deec5500-4619-0134-79d7-00505686d14e
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Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 1828: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Will (transcript)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1828. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8e06e12-2afd-575c-e040-e00a18063b7f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Will (transcript)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 30, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8e06e12-2afd-575c-e040-e00a18063b7f

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1828). Will (transcript) Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8e06e12-2afd-575c-e040-e00a18063b7f

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Will (transcript)