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Items Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818

Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

  • Alphabet discs
  • The spot where the body of Shelley was burned
  • Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
  • Anne Wagner album
  • Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa & Genoa
  • Julia Conyers album
  • Watercolor portrait of Lord Byron
  • The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
  • Conundrum fan
  • Ettore
  • Lives of the necromancers (with tipped in autograph letter signed to Thomas Northmore, 3 January [1803])
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
  • Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus; to which is added vol. 1 of F. Schiller's The Ghost-Seer
  • Lady Anne Hamilton commonplace book of poetry
  • Songs of innocence
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Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

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Series III. Documents

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Title
Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818
Additional title: Affidavit signed, to William Willats
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Signer)
Collection

Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material

Series III. Documents

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Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1818-01-31
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0096)
Genres
Documents
Affidavits
Notes
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 454: volume V, page 478; Jones 455: volume I, page 597
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: From London; promising not to leave England without notice; in a scribal hand with the signatures of Shelley and witnesses; begins, "You having lent me on Security a sum of Money . . . ."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 page (double sheet)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17040453
MSS Unit ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1747244
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e2fb9930-4619-0134-01f1-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1818: Created
  • 1822: Creator Died
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1818. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba8467d1-affd-61d4-e040-e00a18060814

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 23, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba8467d1-affd-61d4-e040-e00a18060814

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1818). Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818 Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba8467d1-affd-61d4-e040-e00a18060814

Wikipedia Citation

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Affidavit signed, to William Willats, 31 January 1818