Letters to George Smith from correspondents with surnames beginning with A-Bri., 1846-1924, undated.
Scope and Contents
à Beckett, Gilbert Arthur
Letter, 1867, of Gilbert à Beckett to ‘George Smith’ [George Murray Smith (1824-1901)]. Folios 1-2.
Ainsworth, William Harrison
Letter, 1846, of William Harrison Ainsworth, to ‘Mr dear Hunt’ [James Henry Leigh Hunt], with an envelope. Folios 3-5.
Letter, 1863, of William Harrison Ainsworth, to ‘Mrs George Smith’. Folio 6.
Letter, 1867, of William Harrison Ainsworth, to ‘My dear Smith’. Folios 7-8.
Allingham, Helen
Letter, 1877, of Helen Allingham to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 9-10.
Arnold, Edwin
Letter, 1862, of Edwin Arnold to Smith Elder and Company. Folios 11-12.
Asquith, Herbert Henry
Letter, 1901, of Herbert Henry Asquith to ‘Smith’. Folios 13-14.
Austin, Sarah
Letter, [1866], of Sarah Austin, to ‘Sir’ [Frederick Greenwood, editor of the Cornhill Magazine], with an envelope and a Cornhill Magazine filing slip. Folios 15-19.
Barrie, James Matthew
Letters, 1883, 1885, 1888, 1889, of J M Barrie to James Payn, as editor of the Cornhill Magazine, each with Smith Elder Publication Department filing slip. Folios 20-38.
Letters, 1900-1901, of J M Barrie to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 39-46.
Letters, 1908, of J M Barrie to ‘My dear Smith’. Folios 47-48.
Letters, 1910-1913 and undated, of J M Barrie to ‘Mrs Smith’. Folios 49-54, 57-58, 61-62.
Letter, 1913, of J M Barrie to Reginald John Smith. Folios 55-56.
Letters, 1913 and undated, of James Matthew Barrie to ‘Smith’. Folios 59-60, 63-64.
Beckett, Gilbert Arthur à see à Beckett, Gilbert Arthur
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Letter, 1910, of Arthur Christopher Benson to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 65-66.
Incomplete letter of sympathy, undated [?1914], of Arthur Christopher Benson to an unidentified correspondent. Folios 67-68.
Binyon, Laurence
Letter, 1911, of Laurence Binyon to ‘Mr Smith’, with Cornhill Magazine filing slip. Folios 69-71.
Birrell, Augustine
Letter, undated [?1910], of Augustine Birrell to Reginald John Smith. Folios 72-73.
Black, William
Letter, [?1878-1879], of William Black to ‘George Smith’ [George Murray Smith (1824-1901). Folios 74-75, 80-81.
Letters, [?1879], of William Black to ‘dear sir’. Folios 76-79.
Letter, [?1879], of William Black to Smith Elder and Company, with Smith Elder Publication Department filing slip. Folios 82-85.
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge
Letters, 1867-1868, of Richard Doddridge Blackmore to Frederick Greenwood, as editor of the Cornhill Magazine. with an envelope and Cornhill Magazine filing slip. Folios 86-120.
Letters, 1868, 1876-1878, of Richard Doddridge Blackmore to Smith Elder & Company, each with an envelope and a Smith Elder Publication Department filing slip. Folios 121-157.
Boyle, Eleanor Vere Crombie
Letter, [1908], of Eleanor Vere Boyle to ‘Dear editor that was’, forwarding two carbon copy typescripts, each an account of an encounter, 1844 and 1850, with Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington’ with a Cornhill Magazine filing slip. Folios 158-165.
Bradlaugh, Charles
Letters, 1868, of Charles Bradlaugh to Frederick Greenwood, as editor of the Cornhill Magazine, each with an envelope and a Smith Elder Publication Department filing slip. Folio 166-176.
Brett, Reginald Balliol
Letter, 1909, of Reginald Balliol Brett to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 177-178.
Bridges, Robert
Letter, 1870, of Robert Bridges to Frederick Greenwood, as editor of the Cornhill Magazine, with the envelope and another, self addressed, as an enclosure, and with a Smith Elder Publication Department filing slip. Folio 179-184.
Letter, 1901, of Robert Bridges to ‘Mr Publisher’. Folios 185-186.
Letter, 1909, of Robert Bridges to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 187-188.
Dates
- Creation: 1846-1924, undated.
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Extent
189 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
i + 188 folios.
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