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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection18
Brotherton Collection3

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letter writing18
family4
gift giving3
poetry3
publishing3
drama2
books1
childhood1
childrens books1
enterprises1

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Nice, France18
London, United Kingdom10
Genoa, Italy2
Bristol, United Kingdom1
Devon, United Kingdom1
Manchester, United Kingdom1
Rochester, United Kingdom1

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Novello, Joseph Alfred3
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Dickens, Charles2
Allanda, Guiseppe1
Cobden, Richard1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Farrar, Eliza Ware1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Mylne, Mrs M.1
BC MS NCC/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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

1852-1858

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke dating from 9 December [1852?] to 4 February [1858]. The letter dated 9 December [1852?] is a copy in Mary Cowden Cl...

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Novello, Vincent to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1849-1854

Two handwritten letters from Vincent Novello to his son (Joseph) Alfred Novello. The letter dated 16 January 1849 requests that money be sent to his wife Mary Sabilla Novello and communicates his anno...

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BC MS NCC/20/297 Emma Novello to (Joseph) Alfred Novello 8 July 1866 1
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Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1857-1880

Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...

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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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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

10 Oct 1856

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that he had included them on a list of names to invite on Twelfth Night to see a new play by...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

23 Apr 1860

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, acknowledging her previous letter and explaining the brevity of his reply. He writes about two sonnets and requests that she takes note o...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Jan 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing his reluctance to decline a paper to publish, likely in his journal All the Year Round, and explains his reasoning. He asks he...

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Farrar, Eliza Ware to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 Nov 1857

Handwritten letter from the author Eliza Ware Farrar to Mary Cowden Clarke, enclosing a gift and questioning whether she will be interested in the advice an American gave to young girls twenty years a...

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

17 Aug 1850

Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which Gaskell notes that she requested Cowden Clarke's address to write to her and expresses concern that the books she is sending w...

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Mylne, M. to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1860

Handwritten letter from M. Mylne to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, requesting that he send a box to her from Nice to Bristol, with further details of the location. Mylne asks to have an account of Novello's...

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