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Total number of records: 2099
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Moult, Thomas | 356 |
| Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-1968 | 112 |
| Shorter, Clement King | 84 |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin | 69 |
| Mcgrigor Phillips, Mrs (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe) | 67 |
| Gosse, Edmund | 55 |
| Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 | 49 |
| Mitchison, Naomi | 46 |
| Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 | 44 |
| Ransome, Arthur | 37 |
Related people: Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
Related people: Hughes, Lilian
Size and medium: 4 letters
Date(s): 30 May 1891 - 17 Oct 1893
Related material: BC Novello Cowden Clarke Collection
Description: Contains three letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes, and one letter to Charles Hughes.
Letter dated 30 May 1881 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes discusses Lilian Hughes' book 'Off the Reel', containing 'Hearts of Oak' and 'New Friends'.
Letter dated 10 Feb 1882 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes mentions visits from Hughes' relatives: her Uncle Edward John Broadfield and her brother Alfred Hughes. Also discusses Sir Thomas Lawrence's painting of Mrs Siddons.
Letter dated 27 Oct 1882. Cowden Clarke thanks Lilian Hughes for sending her photo-portrait. Discusses Hughes' recent betrothal and Cowden-Clarkes' views on marriage.
Letter dated 17 Oct 1893 Cowden Clarke thanks Charles Hughes for his gift of the Illustrated account of Robert Browning's 'A Blot in the Scutcheon' as performed in Manchester, and reminisces about watching the play when it was performed under William Macready's management in 1843.
Sender: McCullagh, Francis
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 31 Mar [n.y.]
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Note: Typescript.
Sender: Ransome, Arthur
Recipient: McCulloch, Derek
Letters: 2
Date(s): 22 Feb 1951 - 15 Oct 1962
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C6
Note: Carbon copy.
Sender: Melrose, Andrew
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 2
Date(s): 3 Nov 1909; 5 Nov 1909
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Note: The letter dated 5 Nov is written (and signed) on Melrose's behalf by C. Metcalfe.
Sender: Merrill, Stuart
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 26 Jun 1911
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Note: On Poe.
Sender: Mesquita, M.
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 28 Apr 1948
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Note: Typed.
Sender: Messeena, A.
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 15 May 1951
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C1; in envelope marked: Elver Fly
Note: Typed.
Sender: Methuen, A.M.S.
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 2
Date(s): 27 May 1913; 20 Mar 1917
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Note: The later letter is a copy of reply to A.R.'s suggestion of a book about the Russian revolution.
Sender: Methuen, A.M.S.
Recipient: Ross, Robert
Letters: 1
Date(s): 22 Apr 1913
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C10: Miscellaneous single letters
Sender: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 10 Dec 1917
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3
Sender: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Recipient: Secker, Martin
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1 Sep 1911
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C5; with Secker's letters to A.R.
Note: A copy made by Secker to send to A.R., with his MS note "I must leave this in your hands".
Sender: Milne, Alan Alexander
Recipient: Ransome, Arthur
Letters: 1
Date(s): 17 May 1948
Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3