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Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: [unknown]
Letters: 1
Date(s): n.d.
Location: BC Egerton Leigh: Literature, Science, Art & Music Autographs,
p.39
Note: Incomplete.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Shorter, Clement King
Letters: 19
Date(s): 18 May 1896 - 18 Aug 1909; 2 n.d.
Location: BC. Shorter correspondence
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Shorter, Clement King
Letters: 1
Date(s): 22 Nov 1907
Location: BC MS 19c Meredith (2). In "George Meredith Address", leaf 68
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Ellen, Lady
Letters: 20
Date(s): 7 Apr 1886 - 7 Dec 1913; 1 n.d.
Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In box TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES TO MEMBERS OF THE GOSSE FAMILY
Note: Typed copies only.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Ellen, Lady
Letters: 2
Date(s): 12 Mar 1906; 30 Mar 1906
Location: BC Gosse correspondence.
Note: Typed copies of these letters are also in the collection, with other transcripts.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Philip
Letters: 1
Date(s): 6 Feb 1929
Location: BC Gosse correspondence
Note: Sender is nephew of Henry James the novelist.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Philip
Letters: 1
Date(s): 26 Nov 1899
Location: BC Gosse correspondence
Note: Typewritten transcript also in collection (in box TRANSCRIPTS).
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Howells, William Dean
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1 Jul [1894]
Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES, vol. 5
Note: Enclosed in James's letter to Gosse, dated the same day.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Edmund
Letters: 245
Date(s): 2 Aug [1882] - 9 Jul 1915
Location: BC Gosse correspondence
Note: Letter of 1 July 1894: enclosed is one to William Dean Howells dated the same day. 13 volumes. The letters are couched in a familiar strain and on occasion have an affectionate commencement, such as "My dear Philomel", and "Dear diminutive Edmund". Some of the later ones are typed. There are some telegrams and cards. Contemporaries mentioned include Besant, Lowell, Morison, Philip Henry Gosse (the father with an account of his death), Whistler, Robert Louis Stevenson, Swinburne, the death of James' sister, Zola, Lady Wolseley, Jusserand, Hagberg Wright, Walter Pater, "The wretch Oscar Wilde", Andrew Lang, President Cleveland (the Venezuela incident), Du Maurier, Arthur Benson, Kipling, Sargent (for a drawing), Rupert Brooke, Brandes, Wells, Leslie Stephens, Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) Alma-Tadema Harland. Many of the letters are about appointments for meeting. There are but few references to events of historical importance, such the South African War ("a nightmare") and the war of
1914-1918. Lady Gosse is called "Mrs Nelly". There is a supplementary volume containing references to Henry James' death and funeral, etc. These letters are entered separately. This final volume contains the order of the funeral service at Chelsea Old Church.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Edmund
Letters: 1
Date(s): 25 Jun 1894
Location: BC Gosse correspondence
Note: Typescript copy. Not in printed catalogue.
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Edmund
Letters: 1
Date(s): [? Jan 1898]
Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In folder MEREDITH (George)
Sender: James, Henry
Recipient: Gosse, Edmund
Letters: 1
Date(s): 8 Sep 1902
Location: BC Gosse correspondence