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Total number of records: 308

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Archives306
Objects2

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection308
Brotherton Collection178

Top 10: Subject

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letter writing129
family64
poetry37
photographs34
portraits27
music25
death24
gift giving23
publishing23
photography21

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London, United Kingdom70
Genoa, Italy61
Nice, France7
Manchester, United Kingdom4
Milan, Italy4
Turin, Italy4
Florence, Italy3
Leipzig, Germany3
New York, Usa3
Paris, France3

Top 10: People and organisations

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria31
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred13
Cowden Clarke, Charles11
Haines, Frederick10
Hunt, James Henry Leigh10
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden8
Novello, Clara Anastasia8
Novello, Vincent8
Novello, Joseph Alfred7
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla6

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Up to 1899275
Up to 199931

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Balmanno, Robert to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1850-1861

Four handwritten letters from the author and collector Robert Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, informing her of her election to the Shakespeare Society of New York and introducing her to Mrs Waterston....

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Bauer, Juliette to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

c. 1846

Two letters from Juliette Bauer to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, which express both her support and reservations about Mary's activities related to Shakespeare.

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1848-1851

Handwritten letters and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1832-1851

Copies of two letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt. The letter dated 14 November 1832 thanks Hunt for a poem and articulates this thoughts on it, inserted into Shelley's 'Masque o...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

1875-1876

Two handwritten draft letters from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to the publisher Edmund Ollier.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Towers, Isabella Jane

1860-1861

Three handwritten letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to his sister, the poet Isabella Jane Towers, on various literary subjects including works by Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin. The letter dated 23 F...

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

30 Oct 1867

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, noting Dickens' forthcoming visit to America and sending their best wishes for his tr...

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

1832-1856

Three handwritten letters from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, one in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letter thanks Hunt for the gift of books and fondly recalls the circumstance...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Coleridge, Sir John Duke, Baron Coleridge

1879

Copies of three letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Sir John Duke, Baron Coleridge, the Lord Chief Justice of England.

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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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1857-1858

Three handwritten drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, congratulating Hunt on his new play and expressing regret at not being able to attend a performance. Cowden Clarke r...

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