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Total number of records: 9

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Brotherton Collection1

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european literature9
letter writing9
international politics2
sculpture2
administrative structure1
awards1
gift giving1
learned societies1
publishing1

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London, United Kingdom9
Devon, United Kingdom1
Nice, France1

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Collier, John Payne1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Darby, Eleanor1
Novello, Vincent1

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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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Jerrold, Douglas William

11 Oct 1849

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Douglas William Jerrold, describing her happiness at receiving a letter from her husband Charles Cowden Clarke while he is away in Devonshi...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Jerrold, Douglas William

11 Oct 1849

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Douglas William Jerrold, expressing her pleasure at the enthusiasm for her work on Shakespeare in North America and transcribes an extended...

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

15 Aug 1843

Handwritten letter from John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which he takes as a compliment Cowden Clarke's wish to include his work in her 'Concordance to Shakespeare', which was about to be ...

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1 Dec 1845

Handwritten letter from John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke, congratulating her on the completion of her 'Concordance to Shakespeare' and commending the achievement. He states that she is the bes...

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing the opinion that the work of great men is their most enduring monument, but that this did not preclude his support for her ...

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Darby, Eleanor to Novello, Vincent

11 Jan 1847

Handwritten letter from Eleanor Darby to Vincent Novello, which praises his daughter Mary Cowden Clarke's proposal to erect a monument to Shakespeare, to be paid for by subscriptions from women. She w...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

5 Aug 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing her scholarship on Shakespeare alongside her husband Charles Cowden Clarke and noting two forthcoming works on the same subjec...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Donors of the Testimonial Chair

13 Jan 1852

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to the donors of the testimonial chair, in which Cowden Clarke expresses her gratitude to the honour they have shown her for her scholarship on Shakespeare a...

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