Papers, 1861-1890.

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Papers, 1861-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20774265

Miscellaneous letters and social notes. Many items are of uncertain dates. The collection includes letters to Edwin De Leon, American diplomat, concerning sectionalism in the United States; to Fanny Kingsley, widow of British author Charles Kingsley; to Lady Augusta Stanley, wife of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, discussing Froude's writings; to General John Jarvis Bisset on the government of South Africa, 1877; a statement against having literary authority in England comparable to the French Academy; and letters discussing Froude's discovery of William Thomas' sixteenth century work, "The Pilgrim," and plans for its publication; to Robert Spence Watson about a lecture appointment at Newcastle, 1866; to poet John Westland Marston, 1877; and to American publisher Charles Scribner concerning international copyright, 1879.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001286

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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DeLeon, Edwin, 1828-1891

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Kingsley, Frances Eliza Grenfell, 1814-1891

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Mrs. Charles Kingsley. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Eversley, to Thomas Longstaff, 1859 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487161 ...

Thomas, William H.

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Brigade quartermaster with the Illinois Mounted Volunteers under General Joseph Duncan during the Black Hawk War. From the description of Quartermaster's book, April-May 1832. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49931078 William H. Thomas was a blast furnace engineer. Along with Myron Sharp, Thomas gathered information and took photographs of the existing blast furnaces in western Pennsylvania. From the description of Ppaers c1924-1970 bul...

Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894

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Distinguished historian James Anthony Froude was born at Dartington rectory, Devon, in 1818. He was the brother of William Froude (1810-1879), engineer and naval architect, and of Richard Hurrell Froude (1803-1836), divine. The younger Froude was educated at Westminster School from 1830, and then privately in the village of Merton. He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, from 1835, and graduated B.A. in 1842, and took his M.A. in 1843. After briefly writing on the life of St. Neot for the Lives of ...

Watson, Robert Spence, 1837-1911

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Reformer and writer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (21) : to Prof. Knight, 1880-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660307 Epithet: solicitor, of Newcastle upon Tyne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000181 ...

Stanley, Augusta Frederica Elizabeth Bruce, Lady, 1822-1876.

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Lady in waiting to Queen Victoria. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Deanery, Westminister, to Sarah Strickland Childs Gwyllym, 1867 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867220 ...

Marston, Westland, 1819-1890

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Bisset, John Jarvis, Sir, 1819-1894.

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Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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