Box 1
Contains 23 Results:
A.C. Swinburne to Henry A. Bright, 3 July 1878
Mentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit "any other day you will mention next week." Details entry to The Pines: "Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill."
A.C. Swinburne to "My dear Aunt Mary [Gordon]," 14 January
Mentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.
A.C. Swinburne to "Sir"
Inquires about a book order: “Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions." Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.
Mathilde Blind to Theodore Watts, 15 November 1875
Asks, “Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes’ adaptation of the place?” Senders address is 42 Marley Street.
Mathilde Blind to Theodore Watts, May 31
Writes, “I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].” Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.
Robert Buchanan to F. Chapman
Mentions a visit to discuss “that novel” and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.
Edward Burne-Jones to "Dear Sir"
Letter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for "friendly expressions" but states "it is quite improbable" for him to send "a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery." Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.
Georgiana Burne-Jones to Lucy Clifford
Letter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her "sympathy" and mentions "the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers." Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.
Hall Caine to "My Dear Sir"
Letter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked "Private," mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne’s “Queen’s Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen’s Fund for the Unemployed.” In a postscript, suggests it be published with “good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.” Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.
Rose M. Crawshay to Lucy [Madox Brown] Rossetti
Letter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).
James Douglas to "Mr. [St. John] Adcock"
Letter dated 2 May 1909: “Dear Mr. Adcock, I can’t say no: so I’ll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn’t enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.” Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.
Iza Duffus Hardy to Lucy [Madox Brown] Rossetti
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.
Benjamin Jowett to "My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne"
Letter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.
Walter Savage Landor to "My dear sir"
Letter undated, states "I shall be very happy to visit..." poetry lines below note are written in different hand.
Thomas Babington Macaulay to "My dear sir"
Letter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.
Richard Monckton Milnes to "My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne"
Letter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed "Houghton."
J. Nichol to "My dear sir"
Letter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the “Percy Manuscript”
Dante Gabriel Rossetti to "My dear Sir" [A.T. Squarely]
Letter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter’s content and context.
Elizabeth Sewell to “Dear Mr. Woodward”
Letter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the “Education Fund” at St. Boniface School.
Alfred Tennyson to “My dear Madam [Miss Wright, of Wrangle Vicarage and cousin to Tennyson]
Letter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: “My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson’s wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…”
Emily Tennyson to Mrs. Larkin
Letter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.
Theodore Watts to "My dear Sir"
Letter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is “far away in the country” but sure he would “make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…”
Thomas Woolner to "My dear Mr. Payne"
Letter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for “the little book” and inquires as to Payne’s visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.