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BC MS NCC/5

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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BC MS NCC/7/5

1835-1890

Letters to (Joseph) Alfred Novello related to the operation of the business Novello & Co, his investment in the Cavour Canal and arrangements for his aunt Adelaide Novello's residence in Italy and not...

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BC MS NCC/20/004

1850-1861

Four handwritten letters from the author and collector Robert Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, informing her of her election to the Shakespeare Society of New York and introducing her to Mrs Waterston....

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BC MS NCC/20/011

1848-1851

Handwritten letters and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke.

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BC MS NCC/20/012

1832-1851

Copies of two letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt. The letter dated 14 November 1832 thanks Hunt for a poem and articulates this thoughts on it, inserted into Shelley's 'Masque o...

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BC MS NCC/20/020

30 Oct 1867

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, noting Dickens' forthcoming visit to America and sending their best wishes for his tr...

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BC MS NCC/20/021

1832-1856

Three handwritten letters from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, one in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letter thanks Hunt for the gift of books and fondly recalls the circumstance...

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BC MS NCC/20/024

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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BC MS NCC/20/028

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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BC MS NCC/20/030

1857-1858

Three handwritten drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, congratulating Hunt on his new play and expressing regret at not being able to attend a performance. Cowden Clarke r...

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BC MS NCC/20/032

1877-1893

Five letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, beginning with the immediate aftermath of the death of Mary's husband, Charles Cowden Clarke. The letters contain discussion...

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BC MS NCC/20/033

1873-1875

Letters between Mary Cowden Clarke and her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, dating from 26 August 1873 to 10 August 1875, while Mary was living at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, with her husband Charles...