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Total number of records: 58

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection58
Brotherton Collection20

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
publishing58
letter writing42
family17
poetry10
literature9
music5
royalties5
editing4
gift giving4
portraits4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom26
Genoa, Italy18
Nice, France3
New York, Usa2
Florence, Italy1
Germany1
Hastings, United Kingdom1
Manchester, United Kingdom1
New York (N.Y.)1
Rochdale, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria8
Hunt, James Henry Leigh7
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden4
Unwin, Thomas Fisher4
Littleton, Augustus3
A.C. Armstrong and Son2
Gigliucci, Giovanni2
Gigliucci, Valeria2
Holsworth, G.2
Bickers and Son (Publishers)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180054
From 19004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189949
Up to 19999

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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Bright, Jacob to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

2 Oct 1845

Handwritten letter from Jacob Bright to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, asking her to record him as a subscriber to her publication 'The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare'.

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Brown, Charles Armitage to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

20 Aug 1824

Handwritten letter from Charles Armitage Brown to Leigh Hunt providing advice on the disagreement between Leigh Hunt and his brother John Hunt on his work for the radical journal the Examiner. John Hu...

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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 Holsworth, G.

16 May 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to G. Holdworth of the journal All the Year Round, thanking him for the cheque for eight guineas as payment for her verse story 'The Yule Log' and...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry

1867-1868

Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...

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Holsworth, G. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

11 May 1868

Handwritten letter from G. Holsworth to Mary Cowden Clarke, sent on behalf of William Henry Wills from the journal All the Year Round, enclosing a cheque for her verse story 'The Yule Log' which was p...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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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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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Novello, Vincent

11 Feb 1834

Handwritten letter from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke and his father-in-law Vincent Novello, explaining that poor health has delayed his reply to them and that he was pleased to hear ab...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

1822-1835

Nine handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Sabilla Novello, dated 2 March 1822 to [21 Nov 1835] with four undated. The letters contain social arrangements, dicuss his poetry and ill hea...

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