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Brotherton Collection124
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letters34
artists11
english poetry3
autographs2
french letters2
economists1
english drama1
english literature1
grand alliance, war of the, 1689-16971
jacobite rebellion, 17151

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Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)10
Melville, Robert Saunders-Dundas3
Osborne, Peregrine Hyde3
Dundas, Henry 1st Viscount Melville2
Osborne, Thomas2
Townshend, Charles2
1st Earl of Minto1
Atkinson, Annie1
Beddoes, Thomas Lovell1
Campbell, John 2nd Duke of Argyll1

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Pringle Album

c1824 - 1867

Letters received by Thomas Pringle, and, after his death Richard Hill. Letters principally relate to the Anti-Slavery Society.

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Transcripts of a collection of 52 autograph letters from Miss Ellen Nussey to Mrs Annie Atkinson.

Nussey, Ellen (1817-1897)

c.1893-1897

Comprises transcriptions of a collection of 52 autograph letters from Miss Ellen Nussey to Mrs Annie Atkinson between 22 March 1893 and 4 October 1897, including 18 letters undated and a brief list of...

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Correspondence of Butler Wood

Wood, Butler

1891-1942

Comprises 235 autograph letters from or to Butler Wood and his wife Elizabeth dated between 1891 and 1942.

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Letters from Henry George and other members of his family to Father Thomas Dawson and other recipients, with a plea for the formation of a league of nations.

George, Henry

1877-1901

Comprises 43 autograph manuscript or typescript letters, dated 10 February 1882-22 July 1901, chiefly from Henry George to Father Thomas Dawson, but also from his son, Henry George Junior, his wife, A...

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Letters of John Evelyn

Evelyn, John (1620-1706)

1687-1699

Contains: (1) A letter to Dr Robert Plot, dated 9 Dec [16]87; (2) A letter to Ralph Thoresby, the Leeds historian, dated 19 July [16]99

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Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material

Wilkie, Sir David (1785-1841)

c.1806-1849

Comprises a collection of Wilkie's correspondence with several persons, notably Thomas Macdonald, dated ca. 1806-1849, together with many engravings taken from original pictures painted by Wilkie, pri...

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Correspondence of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, and Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.

Elliot Murray Kynynmound, Gilbert

1807-1812

Comprises correspondence between Minto and Dundas (73 letters, including 39 copy letters); two letters from Lady Minto to Dundas requesting information about her husband in India; a letter from Lord C...

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Correspondence and papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.

Townshend, Thomas

1742-1838

Comprises letters from numerous correspondents sent to Viscount Sydney or his father, Thomas Townshend (1701-1780), concerning political affairs. Passport of John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney, gr...

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Miscellaneous correspondence from Alexandre Dumas junior to various recipients.

Dumas, Alexandre

1850-1883

A miscellaneous collection of 129 autograph letters and other documents, many with envelopes attached, sent from Alexandre Dumas junior to various correspondents between September 1850 and May 1883, a...

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Letters from Thomas Lovell Beddoes to Thomas Forbes Kelsall.

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell

1824-1849

Comprises manuscript copies of 50 letters written by Beddoes to Kelsall and others between February 1824 and 26 January 1849, chiefly from Germany.

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Correspondence of Sir Francis Chantrey, with related material.

Chantrey, Francis

c.1811-1842

Comprises ca.120 autograph letters from Chantrey to various recipients dated 27 September 1811-1 November 1841, including some undated letters, 1 autograph letter from Lady Chantrey to 'Mr. Cooke' dat...

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