Thomas Chatterton Manuscript Project
Sly Dick
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A Hymn for Christmas Day
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Written 1764 - Published 1803. TP811
Age: 12, Colston's School​
The Houghton Library Hyde Room
Chatterton’s Mss. Locked-Up in Academia - Oh the Luxury of it all!
The manuscript originals of Sly Dick, and A Hymn for Christmas Day, are, according to Taylor, on two leaves of the same manuscript, and in the possession of the Houghton Harvard Library. For the time being, we will have to make do with 'First Printings' from transcripts by Herbert Croft.
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We await copies of the originals from Houghton Harvard Library in due course.
Sly Dick & A Hymn for Christmas Day
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Original Manuscript : At The Hyde Room, Houghton Library, Harvard.
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Chatterton’s Original Mss. of Sly Dick & A Hymn for Christmas Day are locked-up in the Hyde Room, Houghton Library. We have written but have had no reply. We live in hope but they don’t seem to know that the Thomas Chatterton Manuscript Project exists. Copies required.
First Printing Sly Dick : View
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Southey & Cottle, 1803, pages 1 - 3 : Transcribed from a ‘copy in the handwriting of Croft, found in a volume of Chatterton’s works bought by Mr Waldron at the sale of Croft’s library.’
First Printing A Hymn for Christmas Day : View
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Southey & Cottle, 1803, pages 4 - 6 : Transcribed from a ‘copy in the handwriting of Croft, found in a volume of Chatterton’s works bought by Mr Waldron at the sale of Croft’s library.’​
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Southey & Cottle, 1803, Sly Dick & A Hymn for Christmas Day : View edition
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Sly Dick
Herbert Croft Transcript
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A Hymn for Christmas Day
Herbert Croft Transcript
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Links to Chatterton's Works & Correspondence
Call it what you will, authentic, doubtful, lost, or plainly wrong - if it was linked with Chatterton it will be included in Chatterton's Works & Correspondence. This will be the base point from which we can examine every piece of work, and add notes and links accordingly.