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Total number of records: 26

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection26
Brotherton Collection8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing20
family5
politics5
photographs3
drama2
fiscal policy2
photography2
portraits2
publishing2
religious buildings2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Cannes, France4
Genoa, Italy4
London, United Kingdom3
Nice, France2
Plymouth, United Kingdom2
Beckenham, United Kingdom1
Birmingham, United Kingdom1
Midhurst, United Kingdom1
New York, Usa1
Paris, France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles3
Cobden, Richard2
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred2
Novello, Emma Aloysia2
Wightwick, George2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Gowing, Richard1
Isnard, Robert J.1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180025

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189925
Up to 19991

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Photograph of Richard Savage

May 1892

Photograph of Richard Savage, Secretary and Librarian of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, inscribed on the reverse to Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Nicois (pseudonym) to Cobden, Richard

9 Mar 1860

Handwritten letter from 'Nicois' (possibly a pseudonym for (Joseph) Alfred Novello) to the politician Richard Cobden, written in French. Likely to relate to the campaign against 'Taxes on Knowledge'.

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Payton, Richard to Littleton, Henry

2 Aug 1870

Six handwritten letters from Richard Payton to Henry Littleton, discussing the printing and translation of music to be performed at the Birmingham Musical Festival. With one draft handwritten reply fr...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1859-1860

Five handwritten letters from the British politician Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello on the subject of Novello's involvement in the campaign against Taxes on Knowledge and one fragement of a...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

21 Mar 1860

Handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, thanking Novello for his note and enclosed letter and asking him to thank his sister Mary Cowden Clarke for sending him an extract fr...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1860

Undated handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, describing his wife's recent cold and that she wanted him to write to Novello to say that she could come on Thursday but woul...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

15 Jul 1859

Handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, marked private. Cobden describes his committment to the Taxes on Knowledge campaign and explains the delay to his actions. He enclose...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

13 Mar 1860

Handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, thanking Novello for his hospitality during their stay. He encourages Novello to send a note to complain about the tone of the letter...

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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

10 Feb 1860

Handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, describing the location of the house in which he is staying in Cannes, France and apologises for the delay in his reply to Novello ha...

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Pickering, Richard to Cowden Clarke, Charles

5 Sep 1842

Handwritten letter from Richard Pickering to Charles Cowden Clarke, presenting a book on behalf of Royston Mechanics' Institute as a token of gratitude. Inserted into the book 'On Heroes, Hero-Worship...

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Monckton-Milnes, Richard to Cowden Clarke, Charles

c. 1853

Two handwritten letters from Richard Monckton-Milnes,1st Baron Houghton, to Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that he had been asked to write a notice about John Keats' unpublished poems and requesting de...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gowing, Richard

3 Mar 1876-11 May 1876

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Richard Gowing, noting her husband Charles Cowden Clarke's ill health and that they had sent a section of manuscript for their 'Recollections of Writ...

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