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Total number of records: 58

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letter writing58
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poetry9
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health4
books2
budget contributions2
european literature2
music2

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London, United Kingdom15
Genoa, Italy10
Manchester, United Kingdom4
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New York, Usa2
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Exeter, United Kingdom1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria58
Gilchrist, Anne2
Holsworth, G.2
Hunt, James Henry Leigh2
Jerrold, Douglas William2
Ollier, Edmund2
[Wood, Thomas?]1
A.C. Armstrong and Son1
Balmanno, Mary1
Balmanno, Robert1

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Balmanno, Mary to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

20 Nov 1850

Handwritten letter from the author, editor and illustrator Mary Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, inserted into Mary Balmanno's 'Pen and Pencil' [NCC BAL].

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

1853-1886

Twelve rough drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Edmund Ollier.

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Dawson, George to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

21 Nov 1841

Handwritten letter from George Dawson, founder of the Shakespeare Memorial Library, to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her, noting that he had met her husband Charles Cowden Clarke in Birmingham and prai...

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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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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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Hutchinson, Thomas to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

22 Jun 1894

Handwritten letter from Thomas Hutchinson to Mary Cowden Clarke, wishing Cowden Clarke a happy 85th birthday in verse.

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1845-1851

Eleven handwritten letters from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing their shared literary and cultural interests.The letter of 6 Dec [1836 or 7] is a cop...

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

31 Oct 1845

Handwritten letter from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking Cowden Clarke for a reference to his work and thinking himself unworthy of the company Inserted...

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Robinson, John to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

11 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from John Robinson to Mary Cowden Clarke, concerning Cowden Clarke's attempt to raise funds for a monument to Shakespeare.

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Timmins, Samuel to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

26 Mar 1891

Handwritten letter from Samuel Timmins to Mary Cowden Clarke, accepting her invitation to afternoon tea at Villa Novello and providing details of their travel to Genoa in Italy. Inserted into Richard ...

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