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Total number of records: 57

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection52
Brotherton Collection13
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing57
poetry50
family12
publishing12
music9
literature7
gift giving6
health6
biography as topic3
drawing3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom28
Genoa, Italy16
Leeds, United Kingdom3
Nice, France3
Richmond, United Kingdom2
Rome, Italy2
Cannes, France1
Edinburgh, United Kingdom1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles10
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Hunt, James Henry Leigh7
Dalby, John Watson2
Holsworth, G.2
Lamb, Charles2
Novello, Vincent2
Ollier, Edmund2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180052
From 19004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189950
Up to 19997

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Letters and notes

1830-1873

Letters and notes by Charles Cowden Clarke on poetry, illness, a print subscription, mathematics and a parlour game.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Ollier, Edmund

1868-1873

Draft handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, generally concerned with Ollier's articles in the Daily News, alongside praise for his poetry.

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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

1803-1879

Papers and ephemera relating to the writer and lecturer Charles Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), including examples of his jewellery and stationary, the notes he made for public lectures, painted and photog...

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Morris, William to Cowden Clarke, Charles

Aug 1858

Handwritten letter from the designer, poet and artist William Morris to Charles Cowden Clarke, thanking Cowden Clarke for his letter and sympathy for his work, noting Cowden Clarke's connection to Kea...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Smith, Miss Leigh

24 Dec 1885

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Miss Leigh Smith, thanking her for the Christmas calendar and card and the news of their travels, going on to discuss the weather and falling stars and de...

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Notes

c. 1820-1860

Drafts of the letter and songs that would become Mary Sabilla Novello's 'Letter...to the working classes of Great Britain' in 1854. Notes on religion, a transcription of the chapter outline of her fat...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

11 Nov 1883

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Anne Gilchrist, apologising for the delay in her acknowledgement of the gift of Gilchrist's book on Mary Lamb as a result of her travels. She praise...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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Ollier, Edmund to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1871-1881

Handwritten letters from the journalist and writer Edmund Ollier to Mary Cowden Clarke, concerning his work and travels, her happiness about his notices of her work on Chaucer in the Daily News, her g...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

1822-1835

Nine handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Sabilla Novello, dated 2 March 1822 to [21 Nov 1835] with four undated. The letters contain social arrangements, dicuss his poetry and ill hea...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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