Letters, [1829-1877?].

Friswell, J. Hain (James Hain), 1825-1878

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Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Vicarage, Tavistock, to an unidentified correspondent, 1849 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133696 Epithet: of Add MS 36509 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00028b Anna Eliza Bray was a popular English romance novelist, writing meticulously researched historical fiction and local histories. During he...

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878

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Forster, John, 1812-1876

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John Forster was born and raised in Newcastle by Unitarian parents, and educated at Cambridge and London's Inner Temple. He became an important literary critic and editor, and wrote numerous books of his own, notably several biographies. Forster's greatest contribution may have been as literary adviser and advocate for some of the key authors of his day, including Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle. His support, advice, and promotion of authors and writing helped define Victorian taste. Fo...

Colburn, Henry, ?-1855

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Henry Colburn was a British bookseller and publisher, known for his assertive marketing practices; he issued works by William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Benjamin Disraeli, among others. Colburn also founded and edited the New Monthly Magazine (1814), the Literary Gazette (1817), and the United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine (1829). From the guide to the Henry Colburn manuscript material : 9 items, 1840-1841, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection...

L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802-1838

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English literary personality. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Watts, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864527 English poetess. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.] and Hans Place, to Robert Folkestone Williams, postmarked 1833 June and [no year] July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608031 English poet. From the description of The Mountain Grave : [n.p.] : autograph manusc...

Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897

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Scottish novelist and historial writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor, to Mr. Grove, 1877 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611471 Margaret Oliphant was born in Scotland, and published her first novel at age twenty-one. After the death of her husband, she took to writing to support her young family, and showed remarkable industry, ultimately publishing more than one hundred books and more than two hundred articles, chiefly in Blackwood's E...

Gilbert, John, 1817-1897

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British painter and watercolorist. From the description of Letters, 1858-1878. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84155162 English historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Taylor, 1877 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270878581 John Gilbert was born in England about 1805, and came to the United States sometime before 1833,when he was living in Cortland,N.Y. In that year he removed to Oswego, ...

Bennoch, Francis, 1812-1890

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British poet and businessman. From the description of Correspondence, 1838-1886. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127263 English businessman. From the description of Papers, 1839-1890. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28409538 Francis Bennoch (1818-1890) was a London buisnessman and silk merchant. He was also a patron of the arts and literature. From the description of Letters, 1837-1886. (Huntington L...

Cooke, Edward William, 1811-1880

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : the Ferns, to Mr. Bicknell, Monday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527868 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Bicknell, May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270528670 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Groombridge, Sussex, to an unidentified woman, 1869 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270877344 The marine painter Edward Wil...

Durham, Joseph R.

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Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889

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English editor and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 15 Ashley Place [London], to "My dear Sir", [no year] June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497889 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London], to John Ruskin, [1864] Aug. 25 and Oct 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507258 From the description of Autograph signature to printed card, 1874 Sept 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508801 From the descri...

Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1806-1862

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Julia Pardoe was a British novelist. From the description of Julia Pardoe letters, 1848-1849, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36751357 English writer. From the description of Stanzas to the memory of Miss A.M. Porter : autograph poem signed "Miss Pardoe," [1832 Sept.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703284217 From the description of To my beloved friend Miss Jane Porter on my departure from England : autograph poem sig...

Chatterton, Georgiana, Lady, 1806-1876

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Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881

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Anna Maria Hall, née Fielding, Irish-born writer. From the description of Mrs. S. C. Hall manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. early 1850's] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 666533041 Mrs. Cunningham was the wife of Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and biographer of Robert Burns. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. Allan Cunningham, [between 1842 and 1860?] / Anna Maria Hall. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 36864744 I...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...