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Letters to George Smith from correspondents with surnames beginning with A-Bri., 1846-1924, undated.

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Identifier: MS.23179

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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.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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