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Total number of records: 13

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Archives12
Books and printed items1

Count of Collection group

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection8
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Brotherton Collection1
English Literature1

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letter writing13
sculpture3
european literature2
family2
art education1
bereavement1
biography as topic1
budget contributions1
childhood1
childrens books1

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London, United Kingdom7
Nice, France1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Novello, Vincent2
'My Dear Lady' [Mary Sabilla Novello?]1
Author of the Young Man'S Own Book1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Darby, Eleanor1
Farrar, Eliza Ware1
Holmes, Edward [?]1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1
Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen1
Stirling, Mary Anne (Nee Hehl, Afterwards Lady Gregory)1

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From 180010
From 19003

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Up to 19993

Archive File

Maurice de Sausmarez to Lord Killarvin [?] and Lady Lindsey

c. 1965

Two undated draft handwritten letters from Maurice de Sausmarez to Lord Killarvin [?] and Lady Lindsey, discussing their daughter and that she should not take time out from her studies at Byam Shaw Sc...

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Holmes, Edward [?] to 'My Dear Lady' [Mary Sabilla Novello?]

c. 1840

Undated handwritten letter from 'E.H.' [possibly Edward Holmes] to 'My Dear Lady' [possibly Mary Sabilla Novello], confirming arrangements to meet and requesting to see Charley [possibly Charles Cowde...

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Bolton and Jobson to Maurice de Sausmarez

9 Jul 1956

Two typewritten letters from the solicitors Bolton and Jobson to Maurice de Sausmarez, concerning the estate of Lady Hartland and a legacy left to de Sausmarez.

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The young man's book of classical letters : consisting of epistolary selections; designed to improve young ladies and gentlemen in the art of letter-writing... with introductory rules and observations on epistolary composition

Author of The young man's own book

1842

Added t.-p., engraved, with vignette: The classical letter writer. Philadelphia, Desilver, Thomas & Co. Edward C. Biddle.

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Farrar, Eliza Ware to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 Nov 1857

Handwritten letter from the author Eliza Ware Farrar to Mary Cowden Clarke, enclosing a gift and questioning whether she will be interested in the advice an American gave to young girls twenty years a...

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Dickens, Charles to Novello, Clara Anastasia

16 Jul 1858

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Clara Anastasia Novello, requesting her advice for a young lady who wants to travel to Italy in order to train to be a professional singer, having already st...

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Stirling, Mary Anne (née Hehl) to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1870

Undated handwritten letter from the actor Mary Anne 'Fanny' Stirling (née Hehl, afterwards Lady Gregory) to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, requesting that he give the enclosed to his sister and noting that...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

9 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, requesting permission to quote from Cowden Clarke's published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography. She asks ...

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Walter Morris to Maurice de Sausmarez

6 Jan 1947

Typewritten letter from Walter Morris, Director of Publicity of the National Savings Committee, to Maurice de Sausmarez on behalf of the Artists' International Association, replying on behalf of the C...

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Bauer, Juliette to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

13 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from Juliette Bauer to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, noting that Juliette had received the papers sent to her by Mary and that she had shown them to several other ladies. She articul...

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Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen to Novello, Vincent

13 Feb 1847

Handwritten letter from the singer and composer Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby to Vincent Novello, regarding his daugher Mary Cowden Clarke's proposal to erect a monument to Shakespeare, to be paid for...

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Darby, Eleanor to Novello, Vincent

11 Jan 1847

Handwritten letter from Eleanor Darby to Vincent Novello, which praises his daughter Mary Cowden Clarke's proposal to erect a monument to Shakespeare, to be paid for by subscriptions from women. She w...

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