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Add MS 58436
- Record Id:
- 032-002044495
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002044495
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000303
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110232094.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 58436
- Title:
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GEORGE ELIOT: correspondence of, together with some letters relating to Mary Ann Evans al. George Eliot; 1856-1880. Printed as indicated in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1975-1978). Purchased from Mrs A. S. Womersley of Wilmslow, co. Chest., 13 Feb. 1975.
Paper; ff. 20. British Library arrangement.
1. ff. 1-2v. George Eliot to her brother, Isaac Evans; 1856. Imperfect. Haight, VIII, pp. 155-156.
2. ff. 3-5v. G. H. Lewes to the Rev. James R. Quirk; 1859. Haight, III, p. 135.
3. ff. 6-7v. George Eliot to her niece, Mrs Griffiths; 1874. Haight, VI, p. 45.
4. ff. 8-10v. George Eliot to her sister-in-law, Sarah Evans; 1879. Haight, VII, p. 105.
5. ff. 11-12v. Holbeche and Addenbrooke, solicitors, to Isaac Evans, informing him of his sister''s marriage to John Walter Cross; 1880. Haight, IX, pp. 307-308.
6. ff. 13-14v. Isaac Evans to George Eliot, congratulating her on her marriage; 1880. Autograph copy. Haight, VII, p. 280.
7. ff. 15-18. George Eliot to Isaac Evans; 1880. Haight, VII, p. 287.
8. ff. 19-20v. J. W. Cross to Isaac Evans, announcing George Eliot''s death; 1880. Haight, IX, pp. 321-322.
- Scope & Content:
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Marian Cross, née Evans; alias ''George Eliot''; novelist: Correspondence of and rel. to George Eliot: 1856-1880: Partly imperf.
includes:
- ff. 1, 15 Isaac Pearson Evans, brother of ''George Eliot'': Letters to, from George Eliot: 1856, 1880: Imperf. and autogr. copy.
- f. 3 George Henry Lewes, writer: Reverend James Richard Quirk: Letter to Rev. James Richard Quirk from George Henry Lewes: 1859.
- f. 6 Edith Griffiths, wife of W Griffiths; niece of ''George Eliot'': Letter to, from George Eliot: 1874.
- f. 8 Sarah Evans, wife of I P Evans; sister-in-law of ''George Eliot'': Letter to, from George Eliot: 1879.
- f. 11 Isaac Pearson Evans, brother of ''George Eliot'': Holbeche and Addenbrook; solicitors: Letter to Isaac Pearson Evans from Holbeche and Addenbrook (solicitors): 1880.
- f. 19 John Walter Cross, husband of ''George Eliot'': Isaac Pearson Evans, brother of ''George Eliot'': Letter to Isaac Pearson Evans from John Walter Cross: 1880.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002044495
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002044495
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100110232094.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1856-1880
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Mrs A. S. Womersley, of Wilmslow, county Cheshire: Formerly owned.
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Letter from Isaac Evans, 17 May 1880. Exhibited: Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
- Names:
- Cross, John Walter, husband of 'George Eliot'
Cross, Mary Ann, novelist, pen name George Eliot, 1819-1880
Evans, Isaac Pearson, brother of `George Eliot'
Evans, Sarah, wife of I P Evans, sister-in-law of `George Eliot'
Griffiths, Edith, niece of George Eliot, fl 1874
Holbeche and Addenbrook, solicitors
Lewes, George Henry, writer
Quirk, James Richard, Reverend
Womersley, A S, Mrs of Wilmslow Cheshire