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Total number of records: 59

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Books and printed items	53
Archives	6

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Brotherton Collection	59
English Literature	51
Herbert Read Collection	1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Bronte, Charlotte (1816-1855)	59
Currer Bell	59
Bronte, Emily (1818-1848)	7
Ellis Bell	7
Acton Bell	7
Bronte, Anne	7
Bronte, Anne (1820-1849)	7
Bronte, Emily	6
Bronte, Patrick	3
Bronte, Patrick (1777-1861)	3

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Letters from Charlotte Brontë to various correspondents

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

1849 - 1850

Removed from bindings. Typescript transcriptions included.

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Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Miss Alexander

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

18 March 1850

Letter begins, "My Dear Madam, I received your first note as well as your second, and if I did not answer it, my silence arose, not from indifference to the kind feeling it expressed but simply from t...

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Letter to W S Williams

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

21 August 1849

Letter from Charlotte Brontë to her publisher William Smith Williams discussing possible titles for her new novel including 'Hollow's Mill', 'Fieldhead' and 'Shirley' [her favoured title], and reques...

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Letter to W S Williams

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

20 November 1849

Letter from Charlotte Brontë to her publisher William Smith Williams requesting he send a copy of 'Shirley' to Harriet Martineau. Brontë also mentions receiving a letter from Mrs Gaskell [forwarded ...

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Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Mr G H Lewes

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

23 November 1850

Letter begins "My dear Sir, I am glad to hear that Miss Marineau's little story in the 'The Leader' touched you and made you cry", discusses her poor disposition 'I am on the worst terms with myself'...

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Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)

c. Feb - Mar 1838

Letter begins, "My Dear Ellen, We were at breakfast when your note reached me and I consequently write in a great hurry - Your trials seem to thicken - I trust God with either remove them or - give yo...

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