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Total number of records: 13

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing13
family4
publishing4
gift giving2
music2
social participation2
autobiography1
children1
death1
friendship1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy6
London, United Kingdom3
Fermo, Italy1
Nettlecombe, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden13
A.C. Armstrong and Son1
Allsop, Thomas1
Barnard, Sir Andrew, and Others1
Gigliucci, Valeria1
Gilchrist, Anne1
Gowing, Richard1
Mozley, Edith (Later Countess Gigliucci)1
Novello, Clara1
Smith, Miss Leigh1

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Barnard, Sir Andrew

c. 1850

Photograph of a handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Sir Andrew Barnard and others, asking if Barnard knows Sir John Trevelyan, whose appearance and behaviour she goes on to describe. She men...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to A.C. Armstrong and Son

1888-1892

Handwritten draft copies of fifteen letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the publishers A.C. Armstrong and Son, mentioning the publication of a new edition of her book 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Her...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gowing, Richard

3 Mar 1876-11 May 1876

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Richard Gowing, noting her husband Charles Cowden Clarke's ill health and that they had sent a section of manuscript for their 'Recollections of Writ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

31 Jul 1877

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Novello, written on mourning paper following the death of her husband Charles Cowden Clarke. She thanks Novello for her letter and mentio...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gigliucci, Valeria

7 Apr 1877-5 Feb 1894

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to her niece Valeria Gigliucci, the first written on mourning paper following the death of her husband Charles Cowden Clarke. Cowden Clarke thanks Gigli...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Unwin, Thomas Fisher

1896-1897

Handwritten draft copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin, with a handwritten list of letters in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letters contain references to Cowden ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Virtue, George H.

1 Apr 1848

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to George H. Virtue, noting her return of the corrected proofs of an article on Handel and confirming her interest in writing further contribu...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden

20 Jun 1885

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, welcoming Cowden Clarke and her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello back to England and making arrangements to meet in person.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to the donor of a transcript of 'Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor'

6 Nov 1855

Handwritten draft reply and transcript from Mary Cowden Clarke to The donor of a transcript of 'Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor'. Cowden Clarke gives thanks for the transcript and recalls hearing them si...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Allsop, Thomas

28 Jun 1837-29 Aug 1837

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the author Thomas Allsop, mentioning her pleasure at the prospect of a business relationship between Allsop and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke alo...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Mozley, Edith (later Countess Gigliucci)

1868-1873

Four handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edith Mozley, discussing family travel arrangements, musical performances at Villa Novello in Genoa, her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello's activities,...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Tagart, [Helen]

1847-1853

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Helen Tagart, accepting an invitation and noting that Cowden Clarke and her sister Emma Aloysia Novello had spent time with Tagart's daughter. In the...

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