Papers of Susan Dabney Smedes [manuscript], 1818 (bulk 1886-1907).

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Smedes, Susan Dabney, 1840-1913

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0003e7 Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913) was a Mississippi planter's daughter, author, and teacher and missionary in the West. Smedes was the daughter of Thomas S. G. Dabney and Sophia Hill Dabney of Burleigh Plantation, near Raymond, Miss. She was married in 1860 to Lyell Smedes of Raleigh, N.C., who died soon after their marriage. After her husba...

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

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Scottish man of letters. From the description of Enchanted cigarettes : [n.p.] : autograph essay signed, [ca. 1891]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598917 Author and scholar Andrew Lang was born in Scotland, and educated at St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Oxford. He resolved to be a journalist, and wrote articles and columns for various publications, but eventually this versatile and prolific author produced poetry, fiction, essays on various topics, history, literary criticism...

Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834-1903

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Augustus J.C. Hare was born in Rome, privately educated before going to Oxford, and lived most of his life abroad before retiring to England. He wrote books about places, guidebooks to cities and important places in England and Italy, and a memoir, Memories of a quiet life (1872-76). He was a gifted artist who illustrated many of his own books, a book and picture collector, and a fashionable man-about-town. From the description of Augustus J.C. Hare letter to Mrs. Portal, 1896 June 1...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Otterbourne, Winchester, to "My dear Florence", 1874 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584507 Novelist and children's writer. From the description of Letters, 1866-1893. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233117781 Charlotte Mary Yonge was born and lived all her life at Otterbourne, near Winchester. Her father had, on marrying, renounced a military career and m...

Dabney, Thomas Smith Gregory, 1796-1885

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Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818.

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Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...

Dabney, Richard Heath, 1860-1947

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John Murray (Firm)

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John Murray was a publishing house based in London; Sir John Murray (1884-1967) was the senior head of the firm at the time. 1 letter is signed by John Grey Murray (apparently the son of Sir John Murray), and the signatures on 2 other items are not discernible. Anna Mahler corresponded with the publisher on her mother's behalf. From the description of Correspondence to Anna Mahler, 1944-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863571 ...

Hogg, Jeanie D., fl. 1890,

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Ponsonby, Henry Frederick, Sir, 1825-1895

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Secretary to Queen Victoria. From the description of Autograph letters signed (9) : to E. Dossé, courier to Queen Victoria, 1890 Feb. 13 to 1893 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617922 Private secretary to Queen Victoria and privy councillor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Windsor Castle ; Balmoral ; and Osborne, to Arthur Sullivan, 1880 Oct. 29 to 1883 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125355 English general and c...