Smiles, Samuel, author and social reformer

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creatorOf Certified accounts and releases relating to the Wilson settlement trust, of which Smiles was a trustee, 1883-1886. English.Mostly paper. British Library
referencedIn BRIGHT PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 383). General correspondence of John Bright, 1845-1887; followed (ff. 378-383) by letters to his son John Albert (1904) and daughter-in-law (1925).includes:ff. 1-5 Harriet Martineau, writer and reformer: Letters to J. B..., 1845-1925 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXI (ff. 237). 1836-1848.includes:f. 6 Thomas Wyse, diplomatist; KCB 1857: Letter to R. Cobden: 1837.: Imperf.ff. 12, 14, 16, 48 Sir Rowland Hill, KCB; postal reformer: Letters to R. Cobden: 1838-1855.: extract and copies.f. 24 George Gro..., 1836-1848 British Library
referencedIn Vol. IV, N-Y. 1790-1931.includes:f. 1 William I of Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands: Letter, as Prince of Orange, to D. Gray: 1795.: Fr.ff. 3-17b passim Alfred Newton, Professor of Zoology at Cambridge University: Letters to T. R. Jones: 1..., 1790-1931 British Library
creatorOf Samuel Smiles, author and social reformer: James Green, fl. 1880s: Leases of 8 Pembroke Gardens to Samuel Smiles by James Green: 1880, 1888. British Library
creatorOf SMILES PAPERS. Manuscript of James Nasmyth's autobiography in Smiles's hand, with additions and corrections in Nasmyth's hand. Further explanations of inventions and drawings in Nasmyth's hand are to be found in 71083, from f. 84. British Library
referencedIn Eccles Bequest. Vol. CLXXXIII. Photographs of the following, with some caricatures; [1881]-[1919] , n.d.1. William Rothenstein; n.d.2. John Ruskin, with caricature; n.d.3. Tommaso Salvini; 16 May 1876. Signed.4. Clement Scott; n.d. Signed.5. George B..., 1876-1980 British Library
creatorOf Samuel Smiles, author and social reformer: James Green, fl. 1880s: Leases of 8 Pembroke Gardens to Samuel Smiles by James Green: 1880, 1888. British Library
creatorOf SMILES PAPERS. Manuscript of Robert Dick, baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist (1878)., 1878 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXIII (ff. 333). Jan.-June 1862.includes:ff. 1, 13, 21, 130, 202 Sir Charles Lister Ryan, KCB: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1859-1881.f. 5 Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons (1839), Viscount Eversley (1857): Let... British Library
creatorOf SMILES PAPERS. Vols. XXI-XXIII. Manuscript of Duty (1880)., 1880 British Library
creatorOf LOVETT ALBUMS AND PAPERS. VOL. I. (ff. i+401). Album of letters, mainly to Lovett; 1828-1876, n.d. The pasted-in letters are enclosed in hand-drawn frames containing Lovett’s own identifications of the authors. Missing some of the original number..., 1828-1876 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XVIX (ff. 114). Seton -Souvestre.includes:ff. 1-4 Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton, 8th Baronet: Letters to T. H. S. Escott from Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton: 1883-1884.ff. 5-6 Thomas Sexton, of the 'Freeman's Journal': Letters to T. H. S. Escott from Th... British Library
creatorOf SMILES PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and concerning Samuel Smiles (b.1812, d.1904), author and social reformer; 1782-[1992?]. See also Add. Ch. 76774-76790. The collection relates principally to Smiles's biographical publications, and sub-sect..., 1782-1992 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXVI (ff. 294). July-Dec. 1863.includes:ff. 1, 67 Alexander Munro, sculptor: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1852-1863.f. 3 John Mason Neale, hymnologist and translator: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1855-1865.f. 5 Sir Richard Madox ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXIV (ff. 304). July-Dec. 1862.includes:f. 1 William Digby Seymour, lawyer: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1862.ff. 3, 169 George William Frederick Howard, Viscount Morpeth; 7th Earl of Carlisle: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1838-1864... British Library
referencedIn Vol. III, ff. 353, P-Z.includes:f. 1 Frederick W. Pailthorpe, illustrator to C Dickens: Letter to W. Miller: 1903. f. 2 Francis Turner Palgrave, poet and anthologist: Letter to -: 1862. f. 3 Edward Henry Palmer, orientalist: Letter to S. 0. Grey: 187... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCXXIII (ff. 274). Oct.-Dec. 1865.includes:ff. 1, 39, 47 Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1844-1867.f. 3 Ellis Yarnell, of Philadelphia: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1864-1874.f. 5 Tho... British Library
referencedIn Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. Papers. Series A. Correspondence. Vol. XXIII. Correspondence of W. E. Gladstone with his cousin, Mrs. Anne R. Bennett, née Gladstone, of the Saturday Review, 1851-1897. British Library
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