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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [40] File

1201. Ashley MS B132

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Ashley MS B132
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Letters (7) from George Borrow to his wife; 1848-1858. Printed by Wise as Nos., VI, VII, IX, X, XII, XIII and XIV in Letters to his Mother Ann Borrow and other Correspondents, 1913. The other letters from Borrow to his wife together with the volume from which the letters were apparently extracte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848-1858
Extent:
1 item

1202. Ashley MS B136

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Ashley MS B136
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Letter from George Aitken to T. J. Wise, identifying 'Joseph Gay' as the nom-de-plume of John Durant Breval (d. 1738); 21 March 1913. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 65]. includes: ff. 31, 31b John Durant Breval, alias 'Joseph Gay': Thomas James Wise, book collector: George Atherton Aitken,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1913
Extent:
1 item

1203. Ashley MS B169

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Ashley MS B169
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Letter from Ellen Nussey to T. J. Wise, mentioning, among other matters, an anecdote concerning the MS. of Thackeray's Esmond, and offering to send Wise a copy of The Story of the Brontës Part Second - Charlotte's Letters, 1889, a work which was suppressed for copyright reasons; Nov. [1889-1896]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1204. Ashley MS B189

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Ashley MS B189
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Letter from Agnes Mary Frances Robinson to A. C. Swinburne, thanking him for his review in the Athenæum for 15 June 1883 of her Emily Brontë, 1883; 15 June 1883. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 85]. includes: ff. 34, 35b Agnes Mary Frances Robinson, afterwards Darmesteter afterw. Duclaux; p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1883
Extent:
1 item

1205. Ashley MS B194

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Ashley MS B194
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Letter from George E. MacLean to T. J. Wise, 26 June 1916 includes: f. 36 George Edwin MacLean: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from George Edwin MacLean: 1916.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1916
Extent:
1 item

1206. Ashley MS B203

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Ashley MS B203
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Letter from Paul Lemperly to T. J. Wise, sending him a copy of Rupert Brooke, Lithuania A Drama in one Act, published by The Chicago Little Theatre, 1915; 22 Sept. 1919. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 88]. includes: ff. 37, 37b Paul Lemperly, American book collector: Thomas James Wise, boo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1919
Extent:
1 item

1207. Ashley MS B226

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Ashley MS B226
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Two Letters from Smith, Elder and Co., publishers, in the hand of Reginald John Smith, K.C., asking A. C. Swinburne to write an introduction to their 1898 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem 'Aurora Leigh'; 26, 28 April 1898. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 101]. includes: ff. 38, 39...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1898
Extent:
1 item

1208. Ashley MS B230

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Ashley MS B230
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Letters (2) from Sir Frederick Kenyon to T. J. Wise, 22 Dec. 1916-21 March 1929 includes: ff. 40-42 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet: Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Sir Frederic George Kenyon rel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1916-21 Mar 1929
Extent:
1 item

1209. Ashley MS B231

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Ashley MS B231
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Letter from Sir Frederick Kenyon to T. J. Wise, 19 Dec. 1917 includes: ff. 43-44 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Sir Frederic George Kenyon: 1917.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 item

1210. Ashley MS B234

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Ashley MS B234
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'Your lyrics found me dull as prose': verses by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; 1836. Autograph draft of lines 1-16, written on one side only of a scrap of cream wove paper 114 x 114mm. No watermark. A fair copy of the verses, consisting of twenty four lines, was enclosed by Elizabeth in a letter to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item