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Total number of records: 1486

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1474
Books and printed items11
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive927
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection544
Brotherton Collection118
English Literature1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing1479
art education286
family146
exhibitions130
publishing117
postcards107
health77
gift giving62
academies and institutes59
poetry50

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom605
Genoa, Italy132
Leeds, United Kingdom67
Beckenham, United Kingdom23
Nice, France18
Rome, Italy18
Croagnes, France14
Paris, France14
Horsham, United Kingdom13
Manchester, United Kingdom13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria58
Cowden Clarke, Charles30
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Novello, Vincent25
Novello, Clara Anastasia20
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla19
Haines, Frederick17
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Novello, Joseph Alfred14
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden13

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15001
From 16004
From 170011
From 1800515
From 1900952
From 20003

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1899509
Up to 1999951
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Diaz de Soria, Jules to [Novello, (Mary) Sabilla]

23 Jan 1870

Handwritten letter from the musician Jules Diaz de Soria to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, written in French.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

2 Nov 1867

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, thanking them for their good wishes.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

2 May 1853

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for her note and its contents and mentioning the London Institution.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

21 Aug 1859

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for a gift and mentioning the country house on a hill [Gad’s Hill] where the character Sir John Falstaff in...

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Dickens, Charles to Novello, Clara Anastasia

14 Jan 1857

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Clara Anastasia Novello, addressed to 'My Dear Genius'. He mentions writting to Mrs Coutts for assistance, her singing and the quality of his recent audience...

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Ellis, Frederick Startridge to Cowden Clarke, Charles

17 Sep 1858

Handwritten letter from the bookseller and author Frederick Startridge Ellis to Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that Cowden Clarke's letter to William Morris was delayed in reaching him by his travels o...

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Flower, Charles Edward to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

6 Jan [no year]

Handwritten letter from Charles Edward Flower to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which he apologises for not writing sooner as a result of his travels and ill health. The letter is written on blue mourning pap...

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1850-1852

Two handwritten letters from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke. The letter of 1852 is incomplete.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

23 May 1852

Incomplete handwritten letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which Gaskell explains her preference for assistance through thought and action rather than money. She thinks too many pe...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1882-1884

Three handwritten letters from the writer Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing Cowden Clarke's 'Recollections of Writers' and requesting to quote from it.

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

23 Nov 1883

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing her pleasure at Cowden Clarke's approval of her biography of Mary Lamb. She describes her research into both Charles and Mary L...

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