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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

581. Ashley MS 5726

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Ashley MS 5726
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Two Letters from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, mentioning the last illness and death of William Barnes; 23 Nov. 1885, 30 Aug. 1887. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, pp. 137, 167. Octavo; ff. i+7. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letters to Sir Edmund Wil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1887
Extent:
1 item

582. Ashley MS 5727

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Ashley MS 5727
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Two Letters from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse, concerning a review of Tess of the Durbervilles, and an opera based on the novel; 18 Jan. 1892, 14 July 1909. Printed in The Collected Letters, i, 1978, p. 253; iv, 1984, p. 33. Octavo; ff. i+5. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Goss...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1909
Extent:
1 item

583. Ashley MS 5728

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Ashley MS 5728
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to Edmund Gosse; 25 Dec. 1927. Printed in The Collected Letters, vii, 1988, p. 89. Octavo; ff. i+1. Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letter to Sir Edmund William Gosse from Thomas Hardy: 1927.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 item

584. Ashley MS 5729

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Ashley MS 5729
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Letters (3) from Thomas Hardy to T. J. Wise; 1 March, 24 Oct. 1924, 11 Feb. 1927. In the second letter Hardy mentions that 'Mr. Sheridan who lives near here [Dorchester] ― the direct descendant of R. B. S., has the manuscripts of all his plays'. Printed in The Collected Letters, vi, 1987, pp. 23...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1927
Extent:
1 item

585. Ashley MS 5730

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Ashley MS 5730
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Letters from Thomas Jefferson Hogg to various recipients; 1843-1860. As follows:― 1. Two letters to Thomas Love Peacock on the marriage of his daughter Mary Ellen Peacock and the [death of her husband?]; 17 Jan., 23 March 1844. ff. 1-2b. 2. Letters (7) to Mary Ellen Peacock, wife of George Mer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1860
Extent:
1 item

586. Ashley MS 5731

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Ashley MS 5731
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Letter from Andrew Lang to Clement Shorter, discussing Lockhart and Jane Eyre; 3 March [1896]. Octavo; ff. ii+2. Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Andrew Lang, author: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Andrew Lang: [1896].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar [1896]
Extent:
1 item

587. Ashley MS 5732

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Ashley MS 5732
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Letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Edmund Gosse, discussing the latter's On Viol and Flute; 12 Dec. 1873. ff. 1-4. Printed in O. Doughty and J. R. Wahl, Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, iii, 1967, pp. 1244-1246. Octavo; ff. i+4. Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 item

588. Ashley MS 5733

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Ashley MS 5733
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'I must not cease from singing': verses, beginning thus, by R. L. Stevenson; n.d. (written towards the end of his life). Copy, in the hand of his step-daughter, Mrs Isobel Strong, written on one side only of two conjoined octavo leaves of cream wove paper. No watermark. ff. 1b, 2. The MS. is ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

589. Ashley MS 5734

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Ashley MS 5734
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Letter from George Borrow to his wife, giving an account of his travels in Germany and Austria; 16 May 1844. ff. 2-5b. The letter is printed in George Borrow in Vienna, 1914, a copy of which is bound up (ff. 6-11) with the MS. Quarto; ff. i+11. includes: ff. 2-5b Mary Borrow, wife of G Borr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1844
Extent:
1 item

590. Ashley MS 5735

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Ashley MS 5735
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'The Bible in Spain' by George Borrow; [1841-1842]. Drafts of parts of vol. II, chapters xviii and xix and vol. III, chapter ii written on both sides of five quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark. The final text found in the drafts does not differ greatly from that printed in vol. II, pp. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1841-1842]
Extent:
1 item