Letters to James Maclehose, 1840-1898.

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Letters to James Maclehose, 1840-1898.

Collection of 35 signed autograph letters, dating from 1840 to 1898, to Scottish publisher James Maclehose from primarily English and Scottish authors and religious figures. Correspondents include: Patrick Proctor Alexander, Thomas Binney, John Campbell, Alexander Ewing, William Ewart Gladstone, George Grove, Donald MacAlister, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir George Reid, Francis Richard John Sandford, Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, Walter Chalmers Smith, William Robertson Smith, James Hutchison Stirling, Ralph Wardlaw, and others. Letters mention publishing matters and other subjects. Some letters addressed to Robert Maclehose. Accompanied by 21 empty envelopes and one manuscript receipt in unidentified hand.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

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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...

Binney, Thomas, 1798-1874

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Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894

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Epithet: theologian and Semitic scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000279 William Robertson Smith (1846-1894), theologian and Semitic scholar, was born at New Farm, Keig, in the Vale of Alford, Aberdeenshire, and educated at home by his father. He was elevated to a bursary at Aberdeen University in November 1861. In November 1866 he entered New College, the theological hall of the fre...

Reid, George, 1841-1913

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Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred, 1845-1936

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Wife of Prof. Henry Sidgwick, educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Prof. Knight, 1907 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662433 Epithet: née Balfour; wife (1876) of H Sidgwick British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001c6 ...

Sandford, Francis Richard John, 1824-1893.

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Grove, George, 1820-1900

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English writer on music. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Crystal Palace, S.E. ; and Lower Sydenham, S.E., to Arthur Sullivan, 1866 Sept. 28 to 1897 Dec. 21, 2ith 3 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125248 From the description of Autograph letters signed : Lower Sydenham, S.E. ; and elsewhere, to Mary C. Sullivan, 1879 Dec. 30 to 1881 July 11, with 4 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125249 From the description of Au...

Campbell, John, 1794-1867

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Stirling, James Hutchison, 1820-1909

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Scottish philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters (15) and 1 postal, signed : Edinburgh, to Prof. Knight, 1887 Mar. 16-1900 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579222 James Hutchison Stirling was born on 22 June 1820 , the fifth son of William Stirling, craftsman, of Glasgow. He first matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1833 at the age of 13, and followed a full Arts curriculum (1833 Latin, 1834 Greek, 1835 Greek, 1836 Logic, 1837 Et...

Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915

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James Augustus Henry Murray was a Scottish lexicographer, best known for his pioneering work on A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Already a well-known philologist, he began work on an inventory of words used in English from the 12th century onward, a monumental undertaking, made possible by his knowledge and organizational skills. He worked on this groundbreaking dictionary for more than thirty years, completing about half of the project; today, the work is known as the Oxford E...

Alexander, Patrick Proctor, 1823-1886

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Maclehose, Robert

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Wardlaw, Ralph, 1779-1853

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The Scottish Congregationalist divine Ralph Wardlaw was born on 22 December 1779. He was educated in Glasgow and studied for the ministry at Glasgow University, matriculating in 1791. On completion of his theological studies in 1800 he became a Congregationalist. The power of his preaching was noticed and his friends opened a chapel for him in Glasgow in 1803, in North Albion Street. A new and larger chapel was opened in 1819, in West George Street. Earlier, in 1811, Wardlaw became Professor of ...

Ewing, Alexander, 1814-1873

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Smith, Walter C. (Walter Chalmers), 1824-1908

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English poet and preacher. From the description of Autograph letters (18) signed : to Prof. Knight, [18]67 Feb. 21 and 1900 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664128 ...

Maclehose, James, publisher.

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James Maclehose, publisher based in Glasgow, Scotland. From the description of Letters to James Maclehose, 1840-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702180462 ...

MacAlister, Donald, 1854-1934

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Epithet: physician; KCB 1908 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x0002e9 ...