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Add MS 59789
- Record Id:
- 032-001998247
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998247
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000240
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59789
- Title:
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HERBERT SPENCER: letter to 'George Eliot' congratulating her on Adam Bede; 30 Sept. 1859. Accompanying the letter are a printed form letter, with MS. additions, from Spencer to , 21 June 1901, and a letter from Arthur Morrison to Mr Wilson, 22 Dec. 1929. G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters, vol. viii (1978). D. P. Waley, 'The Department of Manuscripts' George Eliot holdings', The British Library Journal 6 (1980), pp. 123-129. Purchased from Jolly's of Bath, 21 Sept. 1976, lot 288.
Paper; ff. 7. 179 x 113mm.
- Scope & Content:
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Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Herbert Spencer, philosopher: Letter to 'George Eliot' from Herbert Spencer: 1859.
includes:
- f. 7 Arthur Morrison, of 3 York Mansions, Cavendish Sq: Wilson: Letter to — Wilson from Arthur Morrison: 1929.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998247
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998247
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Jolly's; Bath: Purchased of, in 1976.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cross, Mary Ann, novelist, pen name George Eliot, 1819-1880
Jolly's, of Bath
Morrison, Arthur, of 3 York Mansions Cavendish Sq
Spencer, Herbert, philosopher
Wilson, —