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Total number of records: 20

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing20
family7
death2
travel2
finance1
gift giving1
health1
investments1
learned societies1
music1

Count of Place

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Genoa, Italy3
London, United Kingdom3
Rome, Italy2
Birmingham1
Iowa, Usa1
Lisbon, Portugal1
Nice, France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, Clara Anastasia20
[Her Children]1
Charles Cowden Clarke, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Joseph) Alfred Novello1
Dickens, Charles1
Haines, Frederick1
Macfarren, Sir George Alexander1
Mason, Olive1
Montuoro, Achille1
Nini, Alessandro1
Northwestern Literacy and Historical Society1

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Up to 189919
Up to 19991

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Dickens, Charles to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1857-1858

Three handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing a person in Torquay, views on mediocrity, Novello's singing and a request for advice on behalf of a young woman wh...

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to 'Dear Sir'

1853-1855

Seven handwritten letters from Clara Anastasia Novello to an unidentified recipient, concerning her professional singing engagements.

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to [her children]

1861

Two handwitten letters, one incomplete, from Clara Anastasia Novello to her children Porzia, Valeria, Mario and Giovanni Gigliucci. The first letter is undated and written on mourning paper, likely as...

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Novello, (Mary) Sabilla to Unwin, Thomas Fisher

1898

Two handwritten draft copies of letters from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to the publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin, requesting that he send her payment for her late sister Mary Cowden Clarke's memoir 'My Long L...

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Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1853

Five handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, containing general family matters, including news relating to Clara's daugher Porzia Gigliucci and her medical...

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1861-1865

Seven handwritten letters from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his sister Clara Anastasia Novello, sending a copy of their parent's Will ahead of a family meeting, going on to explain the implications of t...

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Novello, (Mary) Sabilla to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1861-1865

Three handwritten letters from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, following their father Vincent Novello's death in 1861. They concern money bequethed to Clara's children by...

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Ristori, Adelaide to Novello, Clara Anastasia

c. 1898

Two handwitten letters from Adelaide Ristori, Marchesa Capranica Delgrillo, to Clara Anastasia Novello, written in Italian with typewritten transcriptions.

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Macfarren, Sir George Alexander to Novello, Clara Anastasia

2 Oct 1855

Handwritten letter from the English composer and musicologist Sir George Alexander Macfarren to Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing plans for the establishment of a permanent English Opera House.

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Mason, Olive to Novello, Clara Anastasia

25 Jun 1861

Handwritten letter from Olive Mason to Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing the next Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in August 1861 and inviting Novello to perform despite her retirement.

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Montuoro, Achille to Novello, Clara Anastasia

c. 1850

Undated handwritten letter from the Italian composer Achille Montuoro to Clara Anastasia Novello, written in French.

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Nini, Alessandro to Novello, Clara

1843

Handwritten letter from the Italian composer Alessandro Nini to Clara Anastasia Novello, written in French.

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