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Novello Cowden Clarke
1739-1966
The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...
Accounts
1843-1898
Various financial records for members of the Novello family and their wider relatives, associated with both their domestic and professional lives. Includes documents related to loans, investments and ...
Henry G. Trend medical accounts for payment
1881-1882
Accounts for payment for the attendance of the medical doctor Henry G. Trend, 1 dated Christmas 1881, 2 dated midsummer 1882. Addressed to Miss Novello, Mrs [Catherine] Collins and Mr Duffy.
Medical
1882-1902
Copy of the Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum for Emma Aloysia Novello in 1882 and the undertaker's account from her death in 1902.
Copy of Notice of Admission
28 Jul 1882
Copy of Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum. Emma Aloysia Novello was said to have suffered from ‘melancholic mania’ thought to have been caused by prolonged caring responsibilities f...
Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria
18 Apr 1881
Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), reflecting on the time she spent with them in Rome the previous year and expressing her wish to visit Italy ag...
M.H.J. [?] to Cappon, Signor
21 Jan 1884
Handwritten postcard from M.H.J. [?] to Signor Cappon, advising him to look out for a Cunard steamer ship arriving in Genoa from Liverpool around 29 January 1884, with Peter Feathers on board. Feather...
Why die?
Sykes, M C
1903
Contents: 1. Life and death. -- 2. Life and death. -- 3. Alcohol. -- 4. Habitations and dwellings. -- 5. Exercise. -- 6. Dress. -- 7. Smoking. -- 8. Old age. -- Diet for the obese.
Health: how to obtain & preserve it : being a re-edition of "Hints on health,"
Foster, Philip
[1880?]
At head of title: "Revised by the author".
Life and how to make the most of it : an address at St. James's Hall
Foster, Philip
1880
At head of title: "Revised by the author".