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Total number of records: 7

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Brotherton Collection7
English Literature7

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SubjectCount
letters7
english literature3
natural history1
portraits, british1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Southey, Robert (1774-1843)1
Southey, Caroline Bowles (1786-1854)1
Sowerby, James (1757-1822)1
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)1
Wright, Ichabod Charles (1795-1871)1
Wordsworth, Mary (1770-1859)1
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)1
May, John1
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)1
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888)1

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From 17002
From 18005

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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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James Dalton, correspondence

Dalton, James

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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Marshall Family, correspondence with various literary personalities

Marshall Family

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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John Ruskin, miscellaneous correspondence

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

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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Robert Southey, correspondence, literary manuscripts and printed works

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

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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William Makepeace Thackeray, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related material

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)

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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Ichabod Charles Wright correspondence

Wright, Ichabod Charles (1795-1871)

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...

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