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Total number of records: 30

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Brotherton Collection23
English Literature21
Leeds Russian Archive4
Liddle Collection2

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letters30
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pre-raphaelites11
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Aristaenetus1
Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)1
Beaty, Betty1
Beaty, David (1919-1999)1
Brangwyn, Frank (1867-1956)1
Briscoe, Samuel (1691-1727)1
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)1
Cheek, Thomas1
Congreve, William (1670-1729)1
Dennis, John (1657-1734)1

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Michael Rossetti

c. 21 Dec 1880

'My dear Wm/You remember M. Angelo's drawing of the Archers shooting at a shielded female terminal statue, with Love asleep...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 31 Dec 1879

'My dear Davies/I ought long before this to have thanked you for your lovely Xmas card, if so fine an etching can go by such a promiscuous title...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

c. 09.01.1881

Autograph letter and envelope. Dated Sunday. Date as postmark. Reports that he has sent a carefully worded letter to [William] Graham re. further work to the Loving Cup , due to concern about business...

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Christina Rossetti to Mrs Heimann

01 Jun 1863

Letter 189 45 Upper Albany St. N.W. Monday, 1st June. [1863] My dear Mrs Heimann I write to let you know that tomorrow evening I fully expect to be at Miss Faithfull’s at home with Miss ...

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Stan Barstow Archive

Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)

1956-1996

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...

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Christina Rossetti to Mrs Heimann

13 Jan 1865

Letter 245 Christina Rossetti toAmelia Barnard Heimann, 13 January 1865 81 High Street Hastings 13th 1865. [January] My dear Mrs Heimann Thank you, you kindest old friend, for s...

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Correspondence and literary manuscripts of James Sheridan Knowles

Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862)

1825-1925

Comprises: Vol.1: A collection of autograph letters from James Sheridan Knowles to James Muspratt, with a letter from Lady Max Muspratt presenting the collection to Lord Brotherton, 18th April, 1831-1...

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SPEED, ERNEST JOHN

1908-1918

File 1: 29 letters to family (1913-1918); manuscript notes on the letters (c 1994); File 2: 4 photographs, including one of his grave, with negative (nd); portrait photograph (1908); 2 Christmas Cards...

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William Michael Rossetti to Annie Tupper

Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)

19.10.1897

Autograph letter and envelope. Letter begins 'Yesterday I finished reading those 3 poem notebooks wh[ich] I had not previously read.' WMR will return the remaining ms notebooks to Mrs Tupper, he ha...

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Letter from Sir Martin Archer Shee, with related material.

Shee, Martin Archer

1810-1843

Comprises 1 autograph letter from Sir Martin Shee to an unnamed lady dated 15 September 1843, 3 printed portraits of Shee, 1 printed reproduction of his 4 paintings entitled 'Love, Jealousy, Revenge, ...

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Familiar and courtly letters

Voiture Monsieur de (1597-1648); Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Cheek, Thomas; Dennis, John (1657-1734); Aristaenetus; Pliny the Younger; Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Briscoe, Samuel (1691-1727); Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1700

First edition. The "Epistle dedicatory" signed: Sam. Briscoe. Pt. 2 has title: Letters of friendship, and several other occasions... Written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly [and others] With letters w...

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William G. Shepherd, literary papers and correspondence

William G. Shepherd

1976-1991

Comprises: (1) Literary papers of William G. Shepherd, including (a) 5 partial or complete typescripts of his poems, or translations, including some Odes of Horace (partly photocopy), Ovid's Loves, 'T...

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