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Total number of records: 15

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing15
poetry7
gift giving5
publishing4
health2
music2
books1
european literature1
family1
hair1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom15
Genoa, Italy4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria15
Holsworth, G.2
Jerrold, Douglas William2
Collier, John Payne1
Dennel, Charles F.1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Lawrence, T.B.1
Meadows, Joseph Kenny1
Nightingale, Florence1
Ollier, Edmund1

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry

1867-1868

Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1843-1850

Eight letters from the literary editor and forger John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke. During this period Collier was working as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle and theatre critic for the ...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1840-1856

Fifteen handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Cowden Clarke, dating from 20 February 1840 to 14 October [1856], with ten undated. The letter of 2 October 1856 is a copy in Mary Cowden C...

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1845-1851

Eleven handwritten letters from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing their shared literary and cultural interests.The letter of 6 Dec [1836 or 7] is a cop...

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Ollier, Edmund to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1871-1881

Handwritten letters from the journalist and writer Edmund Ollier to Mary Cowden Clarke, concerning his work and travels, her happiness about his notices of her work on Chaucer in the Daily News, her g...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dennel, Charles F.

17 Jan 1852

Copy of a letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Charles F. Dennel, noting that Abbott Lawrence had forwarded the testimonial chair from America alongside a letter of appreciation. Cowden Clarke i...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Holsworth, G.

16 May 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to G. Holdworth of the journal All the Year Round, thanking him for the cheque for eight guineas as payment for her verse story 'The Yule Log' and...

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Holsworth, G. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

11 May 1868

Handwritten letter from G. Holsworth to Mary Cowden Clarke, sent on behalf of William Henry Wills from the journal All the Year Round, enclosing a cheque for her verse story 'The Yule Log' which was p...

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

31 Oct 1845

Handwritten letter from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking Cowden Clarke for a reference to his work and thinking himself unworthy of the company Inserted...

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Lawrence, T.B. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

15 Jan 1852

Handwritten letter from T.B. Lawrence to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for the gift of a testimonial chair and acknowledging her letter to Robert Balmanno on behalf of Abbott Lawrence, to be forwar...

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Meadows, Joseph Kenny to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

5 May 1851

Handwritten letter on mourning paper from the illustrator Joseph Kenny Meadows to Mary Cowden Clarke, apologising for the delay in his reply to her letter and thanking her for the copy of her book 'Th...

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Nightingale, Florence to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

10 Apr 1866

Handwritten letter from Florence Nightingale to Mary Cowden Clarke, written on mourning paper. Nightingale notes that the delay to her letter was the result of ill health all winter. She mentions her ...

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