Scope and Contents From the Series: Over 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair; Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.Correspondence...

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Letter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black. Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being “very much behind … with my writing…” and asks about “writing machines” i.e. typewriter. Signed "Iza D.H." Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure.

Pencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti.

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Letter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti’s home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.