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Total number of records: 256

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Brotherton Collection256
Medical Collections10

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters155
portraits, british66
photographs48
autographs23
artists11
english poetry5
music4
theater programs4
engraving3
engraving, english3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hogg, Jabez26
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)10
Keeley, Robert5
Melville, Robert Saunders-Dundas3
Osborne, Peregrine Hyde3
Booth, William H2
Brame, Benjamin2
Constable, Archibald2
Dundas, Henry 1st Viscount Melville2
Masson, David I2

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From 170018
From 1800225
From 19006

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Up to 1899227
Up to 199920

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Letters: Miscellaneous (Brotherton Collection)

c1565-1942

Letters and correspondence from a variety of people, including: Henry Acland; Sir George Airy; Sir Archibald Alison; Henry Allon; John Bannister; the Duke of Bedford; Sir Benjamin Brodie; Charles Butl...

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Collection of autographs of, and signed letters from, miscellaneous prominent Victorian people.

c.1844-1885

The volume comprises autographs of, and signed letters from, about 115 different prominent people in the Victorian xage between about 1844 and 1885, beginning with Queen Victoria and ending with Elih...

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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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Correspondence of Archibald Constable, with some related material.

Constable, Archibald

c.1788-1827

Comprises over 400 autograph letters written by or to Archibald Constable between 1788 and 1827, together with some related documents, historical, and literary pieces, including (in manuscript) a vers...

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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 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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Miscellaneous correspondence associated with the third earl of Ilchester and others, with some related material.

Strangways, Henry Stephen Fox Earl of Ilchester

c.1802-1910

Comprises 30 autograph letters to or from members of the Fox-Strangways family, notably the 3rd Earl and the Countess of Ilchester, Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson, dated between 1802 and 1910, but with som...

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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 from William Hayley, with related material, including poems by Hayley.

Hayley, William

1774-1816

Comprises carbon copy transcriptions of 39 letters from William Hayley to John Thornton dated 21 September 1774 - 17 April 1779, miscellaneous letters between others, and poems by William Hayley, the ...

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Letters relating to Victor Hugo

c.1833-1883

14 letters, including three written by Victor Hugo, eleven addressed to him from various correspondents.

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