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Total number of records: 58

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives33
Books and printed items25

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection33
Cookery Collection10
Brotherton Collection9
Leeds Russian Archive1
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
health58
letter writing30
family13
travel9
poetry5
diet4
finance4
materia medica, vegetable4
conduct of life3
death3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy12
London, United Kingdom11
Rome, Italy5
Florence, Italy1
Kent, United Kingdom1
Liverpool, United Kingdom1
Nice, France1
Pisa, Italy1
Richmond, United Kingdom1
Venice, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Arnaldus5
Arnaldus De Villanova (1311)5
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria4
Hunt, James Henry Leigh4
Joannes4
Joannes De Mediolano4
Foster, Philip3
Augustine2
Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo2
Collins, Catherine (Nee Hehl)2

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From 180043

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Up to 189943

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Accounts

1843-1898

Various financial records for members of the Novello family and their wider relatives, associated with both their domestic and professional lives. Includes documents related to loans, investments and ...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1880-1882

Correspondence between the novelist and poet Dinah Maria Craik (née Mulock) and Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, concerned with Craik's travels in Italy and associated periods of ill health.

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Dalby, John Watson to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1870-1872

Two handwritten letters from the poet and editor John Watson Dalby to Charles Cowden Clarke, dated 27 August 1870 and 19 February 1872. The former describes the ill health of Ralph (likely the husband...

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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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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent

1816-1847

Forty eight handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello, containing references to Hunt's health and living arrangements, music, travel by sea to Italy via an extended stay in Plymo...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent and Novello, Mary Sabilla

1821-1823

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello and his wife Mary Sabilla Novello, dating from 24 December 1821 to 25 July 1823 and containing references to Hunt's health, comic v...

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Henry G. Trend medical accounts for payment

1881-1882

Accounts for payment for the attendance of the medical doctor Henry G. Trend, 1 dated Christmas 1881, 2 dated midsummer 1882. Addressed to Miss Novello, Mrs [Catherine] Collins and Mr Duffy.

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Lamb, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1821-1834

Ten letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke. All except the letter of 15 May 1829 are copies in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, with a memorandum detailing to whom the original letters had been ...

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Lamb, Charles to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

1823-1831

Copies of two letters [one copied twice] from Charles Lamb to Mary Sabilla Novello in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, making arrangements to meet at Dulwich Picture Gallery, discussing their health and the...

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Lamb, Mary Ann to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

21 Dec 1820

Two copies of a letter from Mary Lamb to Mary Sabilla Novello dated 21 December 1820, one negative photostat and one copy in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The original letter was noted to have been in he...

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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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Clarke, Charles Cowden to de Wilde, George James

1845-1854

Two handwritten letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet and journalist George James de Wilde, asking after de Wilde's health and thanking him for his promotion of their Shakespeare scholarship ...

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