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Brotherton Collection17
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letters22
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photographs4
diaries3
family archives3
autographs2
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Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783-1869)2
Airy, George Biddell1
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence1
Bannister, John (1760-1836)1
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)1
Bennett, George1
Beverley, Thomas1
Booth, William H1
Bravender, John1
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick (1847-1916)1

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Correspondence and papers of Thomas Beverley.

Beverley, Thomas

c.1820-c.1834

Comprises a manuscript book of correspondence and papers etc. belonging to the late Thomas Beverley; selected and arranged by John Bravender, Oct. 1836. It includes many excerpts from technical printe...

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Letters from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, with related material.

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk

1823-1836

Comprises 2 autograph letters from Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the first to C.W. Woflynbaum(?) dated 9 December 1823, the second to an unidentified recipient dated 7 May 1836, and a printed portrait of 'J....

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Letter from Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, with related material.

Norfolk, Bernard Edward Howard

1836

1 autograph letter from the 12th Duke of Norfolk to J. Muskett dated 20 March 1836 (with a transcript), 1 accompanying stamped-addressed envelope, 1 press-cutting containing brief biographical details...

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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George Crabbe : priest, poet and philosopher (1754-1832) : his life, written by his son, the Rev. George Crabbe, M.A. ; extra-illustrated by A.M. Broadley with correspondence, portraits and verse.

Crabbe, George (1754-1832)

c.1726-1914

Comprises the 1847 edition of the 'Life of Crabbe' re-bound into 6 vols in 1903 by Broadley. They are extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, poems, watercolour views, and maps, toge...

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Letters from Charles John Kean and his wife Ellen (née Tree), with related material.

Kean, Charles John

c.1836-1863

Comprises 2 autograph letters, one from Charles Kean to Robert Keeley dated 3 November 1855, and the other from Ellen Tree to William Tilt dated 16 February 1836, 3 portraits of Charles Kean, printed ...

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Collection of letters and notes relating to Eugene Aram, chiefly by Norrison Cavendish Scatcherd, together with a manuscript poem on the life and death of Eugene Aram by Thomas Gent.

Scatcherd, Norrison Cavendish

1759-1873

Comprises: (1) 12 autograph letters from Norrison Scatcherd to Jacob Edmondson between 27 May 1834 and 10 October 1838; 1 letter from Jacob Wood to J.S. Edmondson dated 26 February 1836; 1 letter from...

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Hilda M. A. Squire and family, letters and papers

Squire, Hilda Martha Lilian (1898-1991)

1836-1991

Hilda Squire was a hospital almoner. She was the daughter of a London doctor, Edward Squire, who had been interested in issues of public health and hygiene. Her grandfather, Dr. William Squire, was ph...

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Walter Scott, correspondence with related material

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)

c.1807-1929

Comprises: (1) Correspondence from Scott to the following persons: (i) John Carne, 1824-1826, 2 letters and transcripts; (ii) Rev. Geo. Crabbe, [1812], 1 letter and transcript; (iii) His publishers J...

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Letters from the Duke of Wellington, with related material.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley

1828-1890

Comprises: (1) 8 letters, including 4 from the 1st Duke of Wellington, 1 to George Greathead undated, 1 to Lady Lincoln dated 12 May 1845, with a note by Henry Bicknell attached (for both of which the...

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Letter from John Bannister, with related material.

Bannister, John (1760-1836)

1808-1825

Comprises 1 autograph letter from Bannister to Charles [Kemble] dated 31 December 1825 (with a transcript), 2 prints of John Bannister, 1 of which is dated 1 June 1808, the other extracted from the La...

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Angela Thirkell Archive

Thirkell, Angela Margaret

1895-2004

Comprises: (1) 12 boxes of material catalogued by David Gilson, namely, autograph manuscript notebooks containing drafts of the novels 'Love among the Ruins', 'The Old Bank House', 'Morning, afternoo...

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