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Total number of records: 12

Count of Collection group

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection12
Brotherton Collection7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
finance10
death7
family6
letter writing6
accounts payable and receivable4
legal procedure4
charities3
mental health3
private ownership3
drawing2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy12
London, United Kingdom5
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Rome, Italy1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Haines, Frederick3
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla3
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred2
Gigliucci, Giovanni1
Novello, Clara Anastasia1

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From 17001
From 180011

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18998
Up to 19994

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Letter of instruction to (Joseph) Alfred Novello's Executors

22 Oct 1893

Letter of instruction written by (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his executors, instructing them to use property left in his Will to pay for the care of his sister Emma Aloysia Novello, 'as inmate of Otto ...

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Haines, Frederick to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

1890-1898

Fifty five handwritten letters from the solicitor Frederick Haines to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, with twenty four draft replies. The letters contain references to the marriage between Charles and Mary Co...

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Draft memo for Messrs. Shaen & Co. from (Joseph) Alfred Novello in the hand of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

c. 1888

Draft memo for the solicitors Messrs. Shaen & Co. from (Joseph) Alfred Novello in the hand of his sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello. The memo records that in 1881 Catherine Collins (née Hehl), then aged ...

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Accounts

1896-1903

Mary Sabilla's accounts, expenses, receipts and invoices relating to her later years at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy. They include domestic and municipal material, documents relating to the death and...

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Gigliucci, Giovanni Battista to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

22 Mar 1869

Handwritten letter from Giovanni Battista Gigliucci to his brother-in-law (Joseph) Alfred Novello, discussing the terms and prices of bonds and the effect of unsettled conditions in Europe.

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Expenses, receipts and invoices

1896-1898

Fifteen examples of (Mary) Sabilla Novello's expenses, receipts and invoices, some of which relate to the death and burial of her sister Mary Cowden Clarke in 1898. The majority are written in Italian...

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Accounts, receipts and invoices

c. 1903

Fifty eight examples of (Mary) Sabilla Novello's accounts, receipts and invoices from the last period of her life, some of which are domestic (relating to her life at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy) an...

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Novello, (Mary) Sabilla to Haines, Frederick

1890-1897

Four handwritten letters from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to the solicitor Frederick Haines, following the death of her sister Cecilia Serle in 1890 and her youngest daughter's demands on the estate. Inclu...

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1861-1865

Seven handwritten letters from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his sister Clara Anastasia Novello, sending a copy of their parent's Will ahead of a family meeting, going on to explain the implications of t...

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Haines, Frederick to Gigliucci, Giovanni

1898

Three handwritten letters from Frederick Haines to Giovanni Gigliucci, the first two written on mourning paper to mark the death of Mary Cowden Clarke. Haines sends his sympathies, agrees to assist (M...

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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