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MS 1349

c.1815-1821

Comprises many manuscript letters written between 1815 and 1821 to Captain George Nicholls on St Helena while he was guarding Napoléon Bonaparte, with one dated much later in 1880.

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BC MS 19c Arnold

1810-1894

Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...

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BC MS 19c Tebb

c.1873-1898

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BC MS 19c Barton

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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BC MS 19c Bennett

c.1840-1866

The letters include 16 from the writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu to Bessie Pigott Bennett (whose younger sister, Susan, he married in 1844); 47 from Margaret Decluzeau to Bessie Pigott Bennett; and about 27...

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BC MS 19c Dalton

c.1795-1824

Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...

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BC MS 19c Marshall

c.1852-1881

Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...

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BC MS 19c Ruskin

7 Aug 1852 - 17 May 1882

Contains: (1) 2 letters to Miss Gertrude Huish with envelopes, 1 dated 4 November [18]60; (2) 1 undated letter to Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell; (3) 1 undated letter about art to Mr R. Peyton Further materi...

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BC MS 19c Southey

c.1797-1839

Comprises: (1) A collection of autograph letters written by Robert Southey to John May and others, together with manuscript poems and notes by Robert Southey, and autograph letters to John May from T...

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BC MS 19c Thackeray

c.1835-1860

Comprises: (1) 26 letters and manuscripts dated 1835-1860, guarded in order and bound in 1 vol., accompanied by an annotated typed list of contents by Dr Eric Millar and the bill for the cost of bindi...

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BC MS 19c Wilson

1809-1852

Comprises:- (1) Correspondence between John Wilson ('Christopher North') and the Rev. John Fleming, with letters to John Wilson from various correspondents, including Robert Morehead, George Jardine, ...

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BC MS 19c Wright

c.1831-1871

Contains: (1) Correspondence when editing Dante, 1831-1871, 2 vols lettered: J.C. WRIGHT ON DANTE: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS; (2) Correspondence when editing Homer, 1846-1865, 3 vols lettered: J.C. WRIGHT'S T...