Autograph letters signed or initialled from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1851-1861.

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Autograph letters signed or initialled from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno [manuscript], 1851-1861.

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Includes 100 letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno, many addressed "My dear Enthusiast & Father-in-love." Also includes 7 letters to Mrs. Balmanno, and several by other persons, all connected with Mrs. Clarke: William Thompson to G.P. Putnam (3), J. Alfred Novello to Robert Balmanno (6, 34, 35, 97), Mary Sabilla Novello to Robert Balmanno (13, 24), Charles Cowden Clarke to Robert Balmanno (59, 120, 132), and Elizabeth F. Bosanquet to Anne C. Nettleton concerning Florence Nightingale and Mrs. Clarke (144)). Also several printed sheets, copy of a poem addressed to Mrs. Clarke, in her hand ("Fair vot'ress at Shakespeare's shrine" (135)), and an autobiographical memoir in her autograph (136). Several items concern the Testimonial Chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke her by Abott Lawrence in January 1852: an autograph letter signed from Abbott Lawrence to Robert Balmanno (137) and copies of three letters between Lawrence and Mrs. Cowden-Clarke (138) and a printed copy of the inscription on the chair (139).

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

Bosanquet, Elizabeth F.

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Epithet: Secretary to Florence Nightingale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x00023f ...

Balmanno, Mary, 1802-1875

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Mary Balmanno was an English writer, editor, and illustrator, who settled in New York with her literary husband, Robert Balmanno. John Sartain, an engraver and publisher, was associated with Graham's Magazine to which Robert Balmanno contributed. From the description of Letters to John Sartain, 1862, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155868001 ...

Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861

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Secretary, Artists Benevolent Fund, London, England. From the description of Papers, 1822-1859. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852942 English bibliophile and art collector in U.S. Employee of the Brooklyn Customs House. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to George P. Putnam, 1852 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622087 Robert Balmanno was an author and collector of engravings and autographs. He mov...

Thompson, William A., -1850?

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Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877

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Scholar and author. From the description of Charles Cowden Clarke and Mary Cowden Clarke correspondence, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453461 Charles Cowden Clarke, English writer and public lecturer. In his twenties he worked as a teacher at his father's school in Enfield, Middlesex. During this time Clarke befriended a young John Keats, and introduced him to the works of the great poets. He later moved to London, where he made many friends among the literary set, ...

Nettleton, Anne Upton

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Novello, Sabilla, -1904

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English singer, teacher, writer, and translator; daughter of Vincent and Mary Novello. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Genoa, to [Joseph Bennett], 1896 Mar. 2 and Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583022 ...

Novello, Joseph Alfred

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Epithet: Music Publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x0001f8 Joseph Alfred Novello, English music publisher. From the guide to the J. Alfred Novello manuscript material : 3 items, 1842-1881, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: music publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : De...

Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872

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Publisher of Putnam's Magazine and founder of G. P. Putnam & Son[s]. From the description of George Palmer Putnam letters [manuscript], 1858-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647998826 George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) was a book and magazine publisher. From the description of George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607941 From the guide to the George Palmer Putnam correspondence, 1843-1871, ...

Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898

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Mary Cowden Clarke was a British author and actress and one of the first significant female Shakespearean editors. Her family were intimates of Keats, Dickens, Fielding, and the Lambs. Working with her husband, Charles Cowden Clarke, and on her own, she compiled an impressive body of work including the major Shakespearean concordance of her day. From the description of Mary Cowden Clarke letters and poem, 1872-1882. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848...