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Total number of records: 85

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Indexes60
Books and printed items18
Archives7

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Letters Database60
English Literature9
Brotherton Collection7
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing5
publishing1
travel1
wit and humor, english1
vocal music1
poetry1
gift giving1
books1
disadvantaged children1
drama1

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London, United Kingdom3
Nice, France2
Genoa, Italy2

Top 10: People and organisations

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Dickens, Charles85
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)18
Browne, Hablot Knight10
Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882)10
Cattermole, George (1800-1868)4
Cattermole, George4
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria3
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria3
Cowden Clarke, Charles2
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria & Novello, Emma Aloysia2

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From 17001
From 180083
From 19001

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Up to 189973
Up to 199912

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

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/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

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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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1848-1867

Handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke. Additional item added September 2017: a photocopy of a letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke [dated 21 August 1859].

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Dickens, Charles to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1857-1858

Three handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing a person in Torquay, views on mediocrity, Novello's singing and a request for advice on behalf of a young woman wh...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

5 May 1849

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Charles Cowden Clarke, mentioning a school for orphans and support for one orphan in particular, which may be a comic description as it appears to relate to ...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria and Novello, Emma Aloysia

19 Dep 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her sister Emma Aloysia Novello, written on mourning paper, expressing gratitude to them.

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Tiny Tim : the subject taken from the late Charles Dickens's 'Christmas Carol'

Knowles, W H; Lynn, Harry; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

[18--?]

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Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Dolby, George

Letters: 1

Date(s): 12 Dec 1866

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens. Bound with typed introduction and transcript by Cumberland

Note: Business arrangements for reading tour of Messrs. Chappell; success of ["Mugby Junction", extra Christmas number of "All the Year Round" (1866)]; will read "The Boy" and "Barbox". Postscript: dates when in town; mentions Henry Fothergill Chorley (music critic). Octavo, 2pp of 4.

Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Ainsworth, William Harrison

Letters: 7

Date(s): [8 May 1837] - 3 Jan 1855

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.

Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Austin, Henry

Letters: 1

Date(s): 23 May 1847

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.

Sender: Dickens, Charles

Recipient: Bradbury, W.

Letters: 1

Date(s): 22 Nov 1851

Location: BC MS 19c Dickens.

Note: As described in the manuscript catalogue by Dr. Eric G. Millar, kept with the letters.