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Quaker Collection523
Liddle Collection385
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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse314
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection294
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture280

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Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649231
Wright, Ichabod Charles230
Church of England205
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Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Molloy, Charles

Letters: 3

Date(s): [6 Mar 1834] - [9 Jan 1840]

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.

Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Sheridan, Charles

Letters: 1

Date(s): 29 Dec 1846

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.


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Charles

Junor, Penny

1987

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Charles

Junor, Penny

1988

First published 1987 by Sidgwick & Jackson.

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Charles

Allison, Ronald

[1978]

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Ollier, Charles

28 Oct 1812

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Charles Ollier, composed of Latin quoations and their English translations, requested by Ollier. Cowden Clarke submits another translation of his for O...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

5 May 1849

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Charles Cowden Clarke, mentioning a school for orphans and support for one orphan in particular, which may be a comic description as it appears to relate to ...

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Lamb, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1821-1834

Ten letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke. All except the letter of 15 May 1829 are copies in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, with a memorandum detailing to whom the original letters had been ...

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Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Dickinson, Mrs Charles

Letters: 1

Date(s): 19 Aug 1860

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.

Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Evans, Charles M.

Letters: 1

Date(s): 17 Jun 1848

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.

Sender: Cowden Clarke, Charles

Recipient: Ollier, Charles

Letters: 1

Date(s): 28 Oct 1812

Location: BC Novello Cowden Clarke Collection

Note: Charles Ollier was the publisher of Shelley's works and the first poems of Keats.