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Sala, George Augustus505
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Archive Item

Collection of autograph letters, notes, and related material, mainly sent to the first and second Lords Melville.

Dundas, Henry 1st Viscount Melville

1755-1848

Comprises autograph letters from upwards of 52 main correspondents to one or other of the Viscounts Melville between 1755 and 1848 with some additional letters to or from different correspondents incl...

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Letters from Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, to his wife, Bridget Osborne.

Osborne, Peregrine Hyde

1677-1723

Comprises 44 autograph letters from Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, to his wife Bridget dated 14 September 1677 - 21 May 1723 (with transcripts). Many of these letters were written before their ...

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Miscellaneous correspondence associated with the third earl of Ilchester and others, with some related material.

Strangways, Henry Stephen Fox Earl of Ilchester

c.1802-1910

Comprises 30 autograph letters to or from members of the Fox-Strangways family, notably the 3rd Earl and the Countess of Ilchester, Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson, dated between 1802 and 1910, but with som...

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Father Thomas Dawson Correspondence

Dawson, Thomas

1856-1937

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Miscellaneous correspondence from Alexandre Dumas junior to various recipients.

Dumas, Alexandre

1850-1883

A miscellaneous collection of 129 autograph letters and other documents, many with envelopes attached, sent from Alexandre Dumas junior to various correspondents between September 1850 and May 1883, a...

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George Augustus Sala, correspondence

Sala, George Augustus (1828-1895)

c.1830-1913

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Sala. Some letters are undated.

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Leigh Hunt, correspondence and related material

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)

1851-1952

Correspondence: (1) 18 autograph letters from Leigh Hunt to George Bird, 24 June 1851-31 October 1852, concerning medical matters; (2) 1 typewritten letter from Dr Cedric Keith Simpson to Dr E. Clayto...

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Transcripts of a collection of 52 autograph letters from Miss Ellen Nussey to Mrs Annie Atkinson.

Nussey, Ellen (1817-1897)

c.1893-1897

Comprises transcriptions of a collection of 52 autograph letters from Miss Ellen Nussey to Mrs Annie Atkinson between 22 March 1893 and 4 October 1897, including 18 letters undated and a brief list of...

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Letters of John Evelyn

Evelyn, John (1620-1706)

1687-1699

Contains: (1) A letter to Dr Robert Plot, dated 9 Dec [16]87; (2) A letter to Ralph Thoresby, the Leeds historian, dated 19 July [16]99

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Correspondence of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, and Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.

Elliot Murray Kynynmound, Gilbert

1807-1812

Comprises correspondence between Minto and Dundas (73 letters, including 39 copy letters); two letters from Lady Minto to Dundas requesting information about her husband in India; a letter from Lord C...

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Letters from Thomas Lovell Beddoes to Thomas Forbes Kelsall.

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell

1824-1849

Comprises manuscript copies of 50 letters written by Beddoes to Kelsall and others between February 1824 and 26 January 1849, chiefly from Germany.

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