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Brontë Manuscript notebook
c1847 - 1860
Notebook containing untitled text attributed to Anne Brontë. The text is a discussion on the truth of the Bible, between two speakers 'S' and 'C'. One is a sceptic, the other a believer who justifies...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
15 May 1842
Letter to Joseph Leyland commenting on the drawings Leyland has sent to the Committee appointed to erect a monument to the surgeon Thomas Andrews following his death, and inviting Leyland to a meeting...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
12 July 1842
Letter to Joseph Leyland mentioning John Brown and Mr Newsholme of Haworth and commenting on the final stages involved in completing the memorial tablet for Thomas Andrews. Letter also refers to Bront...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
10 September 1845
Letter to Leyland commenting on Brontë’s disappointment that Leyland was unable to visit Haworth, and his hopes he will be able to visit soon. Also contains a detailed discussion of a three-volume ...
'Northangerland' pen and ink sketch
c1847
Pen and ink sketch of a man, titled 'Northangerland', with 'Alexander Percy' written across the bottom and 'John Brown' [possibly in another hand] on left hand side, and ‘Joseph Leyland’ on the ri...
Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Mrs Gore
28 June c.1851
Letter begins, "My Dear Mrs Gore, Your note reached me when I was on the point of leaving Town and had not time to reply to it; I now beg to acknowledge its receipt..." Letter discusses the hope of be...
Maria Brontë letter and manuscript 'The Advantages of Poverty in Religious Concerns
c1800 - 1821
Manuscript and letter addressed to Patrick Brontë. Bound together with typescript transcriptions. The original binding, now vacated, contains a printed title page, also bearing Clement Shorters name ...
Letter from Patrick Brontë to Sir James Kay Shuttleworth written shortly before Charlotte's death
3 February 1855
Addressed from 'Haworth'. The letter is kept together with a brief, handwritten synopsis, and a letter from Professor Frank Smith detailing the accession to Special Collections.