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Total number of records: 52

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection43
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive8
Brotherton Collection3
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing52
poetry19
family10
health10
publishing8
gift giving5
death4
travel4
biography as topic3
literature3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom19
Genoa, Italy11
Leeds, United Kingdom2
Manchester, United Kingdom2
Richmond, United Kingdom2
Corsica, France1
Fermo, Italy1
Hastings, United Kingdom1
Hull, United Kingdom1
Jersey1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hunt, James Henry Leigh13
Cowden Clarke, Charles8
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria8
Clarke, Charles Cowden2
Dalby, John Watson2
Morris, William2
Novello, Vincent2
Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower1
Clarke, Charles Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1

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From 17001
From 180043
From 19008

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189943
Up to 19998
Up to latest1

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[Unidentified] to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

7 Jul 1897

Handwritten letter from an unidentified sender to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, praising her as a poet and describing life in Corsica.

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Keats, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1816

Two handwritten letters from the poet John Keats to Charles Cowden Clarke, copied in his wife Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The first, dated 9 October 1816, notes that Keat's now has time to make a visit...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1880-1882

Correspondence between the novelist and poet Dinah Maria Craik (née Mulock) and Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, concerned with Craik's travels in Italy and associated periods of ill health.

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Ezra Weston Loomis Pound to Maurice de Sausmarez

17 Apr 1959

Typewritten letter from the poet Ezra Weston Loomis Pound to Maurice de Sausmarez, apologising that there are no files after the last war and noting that Rodker must have considerable correspondence.

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Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower to Novello, Vincent

c. 1841

Handwritten letter from the poet Sarah Fuller Flower Adams to Vincent Novello, discussing lectures that Novello might be interested in attending. Insered into Sarah Adams, 'Vivia perpetua' (1841) [NCC...

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[unidentified sender concerning Isaac Rosenberg] to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1959

Undated handwritten letter from unidentified sender to Maurice de Sausmarez, apologising for the delay to de Sausmarez's visit, discussing the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition at the University of Leeds and...

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Procter, Bryan Waller to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

6 Sep 1851

Handwritten letter from the poet Bryan Waller Procter to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting that he had returned to town following a long period in the north of England. Procter acknowledged the gift of a boo...

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Clarke, Charles Cowden to de Wilde

23 Sep 1871

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the son of the poet and journalist George James de Wilde, expressing his sadness at the death of his father George James de Wilde, noting that they had...

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James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez

1951-1965

Handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards from the poet and translator James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez and handwritten and typewritten letters from the poet John Betjeman to James Kirkup ...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1832-1856

Three handwritten letters from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, one in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letter thanks Hunt for the gift of books and fondly recalls the circumstance...

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Wade, Thomas to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

14 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from the poet Thomas Wade to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting that Wade had sent poetry and a lecture to Cowden Clarke and mentioning his role as Editor of the British Press in Jersey. Wa...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Morris, William

Aug 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the designer, poet and artist William Morris, praising Morris's poems 'The Life and Death of Jason' and 'The Earthly Paradise' and mentionin...

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