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Total number of records: 19

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection19
Brotherton Collection4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing18
family4
gift giving3
poetry3
publishing3
drama2
books1
childhood1
childrens books1
culture of work1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Nice, France19
London, United Kingdom10
Genoa, Italy2
Bristol, United Kingdom1
Devon, United Kingdom1
Manchester, United Kingdom1
Rochester, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
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

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Letter...To the working classes of Great Britain

Jul 1854

Draft of a 'Letter from Mrs Vincent Novello addressed To the working classes of great Britain', beginning 'My dear Countrymen & Countrywomen' and noting her concerns for the welfare of the working cla...

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[?] Serge to de Wolkoff, Nicolas

19 Dec 1889

Handwritten letter from Serge [?] to Nicolas de Wolkoff, written in French.

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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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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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Institution du Saint-Esprit to 'Mademoiselle'

30 Jul 1860

Handwritten letter from an unidentified sender from the Institution du Saint-Esprit in Nice to an unidentified 'Mademoiselle', written in French.

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Novello, Mary Sabilla

15 Jul 1849

Handwritten letter from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his mother Mary Sabilla Novello, providing detailed family and business updates.

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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, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl) to Novello, Clara Anastasia

28 Apr 1849

Handwritten letter from Mary Sabilla Novello (née Hehl) to her daughter Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing various family matters.

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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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Allanda, Giuseppe to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

17 Apr 1858

Handwritten letter from Giuseppe Allanda to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, negotiating over the price of a house and land and discussing the purchase of the Novello house, with draft reply in Italian.

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Nicois (pseudonym) to Cobden, Richard

9 Mar 1860

Handwritten letter from 'Nicois' (possibly a pseudonym for (Joseph) Alfred Novello) to the politician Richard Cobden, written in French. Likely to relate to the campaign against 'Taxes on Knowledge'.

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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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