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Total number of records: 15

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People and organisationsCount
James, Henry15
Gosse, Edmund7
Gosse, Philip3
Lubbock, Percy1
Shorter, Clement King1
Gosse, Edmund & Besant, Sir Walter1
Howells, William Dean1
Gosse, Ellen, Lady1

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Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Shorter, Clement King

Letters: 1

Date(s): 22 Nov 1907

Location: BC MS 19c Meredith (2). In "George Meredith Address", leaf 68

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Philip

Letters: 1

Date(s): 6 Feb 1929

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: Sender is nephew of Henry James the novelist.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Philip

Letters: 1

Date(s): 26 Nov 1899

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: Typewritten transcript also in collection (in box TRANSCRIPTS).

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Howells, William Dean

Letters: 1

Date(s): 1 Jul [1894]

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES, vol. 5

Note: Enclosed in James's letter to Gosse, dated the same day.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 245

Date(s): 2 Aug [1882] - 9 Jul 1915

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: Letter of 1 July 1894: enclosed is one to William Dean Howells dated the same day. 13 volumes. The letters are couched in a familiar strain and on occasion have an affectionate commencement, such as "My dear Philomel", and "Dear diminutive Edmund". Some of the later ones are typed. There are some telegrams and cards. Contemporaries mentioned include Besant, Lowell, Morison, Philip Henry Gosse (the father with an account of his death), Whistler, Robert Louis Stevenson, Swinburne, the death of James' sister, Zola, Lady Wolseley, Jusserand, Hagberg Wright, Walter Pater, "The wretch Oscar Wilde", Andrew Lang, President Cleveland (the Venezuela incident), Du Maurier, Arthur Benson, Kipling, Sargent (for a drawing), Rupert Brooke, Brandes, Wells, Leslie Stephens, Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) Alma-Tadema Harland. Many of the letters are about appointments for meeting. There are but few references to events of historical importance, such the South African War ("a nightmare") and the war of
1914-1918. Lady Gosse is called "Mrs Nelly". There is a supplementary volume containing references to Henry James' death and funeral, etc. These letters are entered separately. This final volume contains the order of the funeral service at Chelsea Old Church.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 1

Date(s): 25 Jun 1894

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: Typescript copy. Not in printed catalogue.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 1

Date(s): [? Jan 1898]

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In folder MEREDITH (George)

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 1

Date(s): 8 Sep 1902

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 4

Date(s): 4 Jan 1891 - 26 Sep 1911

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES, vols. 3, 8 and 10

Note: Telegrams.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 1

Date(s): 9 Feb 1904

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: Telegram.

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund & Besant, Sir Walter

Letters: 1

Date(s): 12 Jul [1888]

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES, vol. 2

Sender: James, Henry

Recipient: Gosse, Ellen, Lady

Letters: 7

Date(s): 14 Dec 1902 - 27 Sep 1911

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In LETTERS FROM HENRY JAMES, vols. 8 & 9