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Ashley MS 2542
- Record Id:
- 040-001979267
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x000149
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 2542
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Letters (14) from Robert Browning to various correspondents; circa 1830-7 July 1889. The letters are all printed in T. L. Hood, Letters of Robert Browning Collected by T. J. Wise, 1933 (hereafter referred to as Hood). Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 131. As follows, in chronological order:―
1. Letter to Christopher Dowson, Junior; [Feb. 1835]. Hood, p. 1. ff. 4, 5b.
2. Letter to the same, with envelope (f. 9); 10 March [1844]. Hood, pp. 9-10. ff. 7-9.
3. Letter to the Rev. J. D. Williams; 21 April 1880. Hood, pp. 189-190. ff. 12-13b.
4. Letter to the same; 10 March 1883. Hood, pp. 213-215. ff. 16-17b.
5. Letter to the same; 17 April 1883. Hood, pp. 218-219. ff. 20-21b.
6. Letter to Dr. F. J. Furnivall, with envelope (f. 26); 17 Feb. 1884. Hood, pp. 226-227. ff. 24-25, 26.
7. Letter to T. J. Wise; 10 March 1886. Hood, pp. 246-247. f. 28.
8. Letter to T. J. Wise, with envelope (f. 31); 24 Oct. 1886. Hood, p. 255. ff. 30, 31.
9. Letter to T. J. Wise; [8 Jan. 1887]. Hood, p. 260. f. 33.
10. Letter to T. J. Wise; 8 Jan. 1887. Hood, pp. 260-261. ff. 35, 35b, 36b.
11. Letter to T. J. Wise; 19 Jan. 1887. Hood, p. 261. ff. 38, 39b.
12. Letter to the Rev. J. D. Williams, with envelope (f. 45); 21 Oct. 1887. Hood, pp. 274-275. ff. 41-45.
13. Letter to T. J. Wise, with envelope (f. 50); 18 June 1888. Hood, p. 295. ff. 49, 50.
14. Letter to W. G. Kingsland; 7 July 1889. Hood, pp. 310-311. ff. 51-52.
Also included is a copy of Wise's privately printed Letters from Robert Browning to T. J. Wise and other Correspondents, 1912 (ff. 1-3, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 40, 46-48, 53, 54).
Quarto; ff. i+54.
includes:
- ff. 4, 5b, 7-9 Robert Browning, poet: Christopher Dowson, the younger: Letters to Christopher Dowson, Junior, from Robert Browning: [1835], [1844].
- ff. 12-13b, 16-17b, 20-21b, 41-45 Robert Browning, poet: Reverend J. D. Williams: Letters to Rev. J. D. Williams from Robert Browning: 1880-1887.
- ff. 24-25, 26 Frederick James Furnivall, D Litt.; scholar and editor: Robert Browning, poet: Letter to Frederick James Furnivall from Robert Browning: 1884.
- ff. 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 35b, 36b, 38, 39b, 49, 50 Robert Browning, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Robert Browning: 1886-1888.
- ff. 51-52 W. G. Kingsland: Robert Browning, poet: Letter to W. G. Kingsland from Robert Browning: 1889.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001979267 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 2542 : Letters (14) from Robert Browning to various correspondents; circa 1830-7 July 1889. The letters are all printed in T. L.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0616]/040-001979267
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1825
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- c 1830-7 Jul 1889
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889
Dowson, Christopher, correspondent of Robert Browning, fl 1835-1844
Furnivall, Frederick James, D Litt, scholar and editor, 1825-1910
Kingsland, W G
Williams, J D, Reverend
Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937