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Brotherton Collection111
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letters22
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Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)10
1st Earl of Minto1
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Dawson, Mary Eleanor Anne1
Dawson, Thomas1
Dumas, Alexandre1
Elliot Murray Kynynmound, Gilbert1
Fox-Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland 6th Earl of Ilchester1

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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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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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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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Letters mainly from John Gage Rokewode, with a few letters between others.

Rokewode, John Gage

1835-1842

Comprises 98 autograph letters, mainly from John Gage Rokewode to William Long, dated between 24 September 1835 and 9 November 1842.

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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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Scrapbook of letters from Ouida, with related material.

Ramée, Maria Louisa

c.1895-1928

Comprises a scrapbook on Ouida, including 20 letters from her to Clement Shorter, who is usually addressed as 'Dear Sir', often undated, but including letters dated 20 July 1895 - 4 September 1897, an...

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