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Total number of records: 507

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection507
Brotherton Collection100

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing507
family106
gift giving51
poetry42
publishing36
music32
health30
travel27
death22
music publishing22

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom166
Genoa, Italy127
Beckenham, United Kingdom21
Nice, France18
Rome, Italy14
Manchester, United Kingdom9
Paris, France5
Milan, Italy5
Florence, Italy5
Cannes, France5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria57
Cowden Clarke, Charles30
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Novello, Vincent25
Novello, Clara Anastasia19
Haines, Frederick17
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla14
Novello, Joseph Alfred14
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden13

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17002
From 1800505

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 1899505

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COWDEN CLARKE, Charles

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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Letters

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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Balmanno, Robert to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

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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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1848-1851

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

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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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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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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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 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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

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

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

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...

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