MS 920 23 01 01

MS 920 23 01 01

Hannen family archive: A collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century signed autograph letters, notes, poems and fragments of letters

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c.1790-c.1905

1 file containing 29 letters

A collection of signed autograph letters, notes and poems of diverse British and European literary, political, scientific, legal and cultural figures of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries:

Letter from George Edward Anson (1812 –1849), British courtier, politician and private secretary to Prince Albert, from Windsor Castle to unknown recipient, about drawings from John J Audubon’s Quadrupeds of North America (1845), 22 Oct 1843

Note from Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 – 1924), Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar, to unknown recipient about a visit, 24 July 1896

Letter from Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), to M Bossange [in French], 18 Feb 1837

Letter from R Chambers to Messrs Noble and Rolls, 1845

Note from Sir Astley [Paston] Cooper (1768-1841), British surgeon and anatomist; with pencilled annotations, n.d.

Letter from Mary Mackay (1855 –1924), a.k.a. Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli, English novelist, to Lady Ilchester requesting to visit and sign her books, 15 July 1893

Letter from Armand Désire de La Fontenelle de Vandoré (1784-1847), French historian, to unknown recipient [in French], with a note, ‘redacteur en chef de la Revue Anglo-Française’ n.d.

Note from Gervais de La Rue (1751 –1835), ?French historical investigator, at Caen to unknown recipient [in French], n.d.

Signed poem, 'Bluette' by Marquis Louis Eugène de Lonlay (1815–1886), French chansonnier, composer, poet and novelist, to unknown recipient [in French], with a note, ‘poète et compositeur, distingué le Romance’

Letter from Eugène de Pradel (1787—1857), French singer, poet and playwright, to unknown recipient, 6 Aug 1849

Poem, 'A M. Claudius Jacquard' by Émile de Saint-Amand Deschamps (1791 – 23 April 1871), French poet; signed printed proof, with annotations [in French], with a note, ‘Une épreuve figuée par poète célèbre modern – fort rare’, n.d.

Letter from Thomas Erskine, Baron Erskine (1750 –1823) Whig lawyer and politician, to Judge George Harding, 14 Jan 1790

Letter from Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853 –1937), English actor and theatre manager, to Mrs Plumer, 9 May 1886

Letter from Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834 –1903) English writer and raconteur, to Mrs Follett at Prestbury, Gloucestershire, 9 Oct 1876

Letter from Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875) social reformer and writer, Cambridge Apostle, early advocate of animal rights and Clerk of the Privy Council Office, to Mr Tapp, 30 Sep 1871

Letter from William Hunter Kendal (1843 –1917), English actor and theatre manager, to [?Mr] Crowe, 6 Oct 1889

Letter from John Seymour Lucas (1849–1923), Victorian English historical and portrait painter and theatrical costume designer, to Miss Redsdale, 19 Jul 1899

Letter from Sir Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811), Astronomer Royal, to Sir John Nourse (1705-1780), English bookseller and book publisher of scientific books, 4 December 1773

Letter from Henry Mayhew (1812 –1887), English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform, one of the co-founders of Punch, to Kenney Meadows, illustrator of Mayhew’s book, The Magic of Kindness n.d.[1849] about illustrating the book

Letter from Sydney, Lady Morgan, travel writer and novelist (c.1776—1859) at Llansantffraidd-Abergavenny to Fanny and Emily, including a reference to Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 13 Sep ?1849

Note from Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837– 1919), English writer, from 11 Young Street, Kensington Square, to unknown recipient, 11 Sept 1878

Letter from N C Robinson, to Naylor, 3 July 1848

Letter from Erminia Küchenmeister-Rudersdorff (1822–1882), Ukrainian opera singer, composer, teacher and writer, living in London, to unknown recipient, 2 Feb 1870

Letter from Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903), British Prime Minister, to Sir Richard [?] from Walmer Castle, Deal, 23 September 1896

Letter from William Spence (1783-1860) British economist and entomologist, to Josiah Wilkinson, (19 November 1804 -1889), solicitor and local politician, 10 Nov 1845

Letter from Lieut[?] St Laurent, Chef de Brigade, Directeur du Dépôt Central de l’Artillerie, Arsenal de Paris, 7 ?Fructidor [24 August] an 11 [December 1802] de la Republique, to unknown recipient [in French].

Letter from William Owen Stanley (1802-1884), British Liberal Party politician, to unknown recipient, 14 Jun 1844

Signature and seal of King Oscar Fredrik [Bernadotte] II of Sweden and Norway (1829–1907), on official document, 8 October 1892

Letter from James Havard Thomas (1854–1921), British sculptor, to unknown recipient about his statue of Lycidas, rejected by the Royal Academy, [c.1905]

The letters have been arranged by author and filed alphabetically