Letters to George Smith from correspondents with surnames beginning with Bro-C., 1846-1924, undated.
Scope and Contents
Brown, John
Letters, 1862, of John Brown to William Smith Williams, with an envelope and a Cornhill Magazine filing slip. Folios 1-7.
Browning, Robert
Letter, 1872, of Robert Browning to Alfred Domett. Folios 8-9.
Letters, 1874, 1885, of Robert Browning to Mrs Smith. Folios 10-11, 16-17.
Letters, 1882, 1884, 1889, of Robert Browning to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 12-15, 22-25.
Letter, 1887, of Robert Browning to Smith Elder and Company, with a Smith Elder filing slip. Folios 18-21.
Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett
Letter, 1891, of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to ‘my dear Mrs Smith’. Folios 26-27.
Note, [1898], of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning. Folios 28-29.
Letter, 1903, of Frederic G Kenyon to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 30-31.
Letter, 1903, of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to Reginald John Smith, with envelope. Included are two photographs, undated [circa 1860] sent as enclosures to the letter: 1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2. Elizabeth Barrett Browning with Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning. Folios 32-37.
Letter, 1904, of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to William Hall Griffin. Folio 38.
Carbon copy of a typescript copy of a letter, 1904, of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to ‘My dear Smith’. Folio 39-40.
Letter, 1904, of Frederic G Kenyon to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 41-42.
Carbon copy of a typescript letter, 1904, of Frederick James Furnivall to ‘gentlemen’ [Smith Elder and Company]. Folio 43.
Letter, [1904], of Eustace Davies to ‘dear sir’. Folios 44-45.
Carbon copy of a typescript letter, 1904, probably of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to William Hall Griffin. Folio 46-47.
Letters, 1904, of William Hall Griffin to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 48-49.
Newspaper Cutting, 1904, from the ‘Daily Chronicle’. Folio 50.
Letter, 1904, of William E Moss to ‘dear sir’ regarding a poem purportedly by Robert Browning, but in fact by Mrs William Watts Jones. Folios 51-54.
Letter, 1904, of Frederic G Kenyon to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 55-56.
Letter, 1904, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 57-58.
Carbon copy of a typescript copy of a letter, 1904, of Frederick James Furnivall to Smith Elder and Company. Folio 59.
Letter, 1904, of Edward Berdoe to Smith Elder and Company. Folios 60-61.
Carbon copy of a typescript copy of a letter, 1904, of Smith Elder and Company to Edward Berdoe. Folio 62.
Letter, 1904, of Reginald John Smith to Edward Berdoe. Folios 63-64.
Letter, 1904, of Edward Berdoe to Reginald John Smith. Folios 65-66.
Memorandum, 1904, of William Howard, clerk at Smith Elder and Company, concerning a visit by Frederick James Furnivall. Folio 67.
Wet press copy of a letter, 1904, of Smith Elder and Company to Edward Berdoe. Folio 68.
Letter, 1904, of Edward Berdoe to Reginald John Smith. Folios 69-70.
Letters, 1904, of Frederic G Kenyon to Reginald John Smith. Folios 71-74.
Memorandum, 1904, of Reginald John Smith concerning Frederick James Furnivall. Folio 75.
Note, 1904, of Reginald John Smith regarding Robert Browning’s poems. Folio 76.
Letters, 1904, of William Hall Griffin to ‘Mr Smith’. Folios 77-78.
Letter, 1904, of William Hall Griffin to ‘Mr Smith’. Folio 79.
Newspaper cutting, 1904, from ‘The Westminster Gazette’ of a note by Frederick James Furnivall ‘Browning’s Prose Life of Strafford’. Folio 80-81.
Letter, 1904, of Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning to ‘my dear Smith’. Folio 82-83.
Letter, 1904, of Frederic G Kenyon to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 84-85.
Carbon copy of an indenture, 1913, transferring the rights in copyright of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Smith Elder and Company on payment of £1000. Folios 86-88.
Another copy of carbon copy of an indenture, 1913, transferring the rights in copyright of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Smith Elder and Company on payment of £1000. Folios 89-91.
Copy correspondence, 1903, between Professor Edward Dowden and Smith Elder and Company. Folios 92-94.
Burnand, Francis Cowley
Letters, 1877, 1890, of Francis Cowley Burnand to Smith Elder and Company. Folios 95-96.
Butler, Frances Anne [Fanny Kemble]
Letters, [1864], of Fanny Kemble to Smith Elder and Company, with envelope and also Smith Elder Publication department filing slip. Folios 97-101.
Letters, undated, of Fanny Kemble to Smith Elder and Company, with envelope. Folios 102-107.
Caine, Thomas Henry Hall
Letter, 1887, of Hall Caine to Smith Elder and Company, with envelope, and with a Smith Elder Publication department filing slip. Folios 108-111.
Caryle, Thomas
Letters, 1860, 1872, of Thomas Carlyle to Smith Elder and Company, each with an envelope and a Smith Elder Publication department filing slip. Folios 112-121.
Cecil, Robert
Letters, 1899, of Robert Cecil to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 122-125.
Clifford, Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle (formerly de la Pasture)
Letter, 1908, of Betty de la Pasture to ‘my dear Mr Smith’. Folios 126-127.
Collier, John
Letter, undated [early 20th century], of John Collier to ‘dear Mrs Smith’. Folios 128-129.
[Wrapper, undated, annotated ‘autograph letter R. B. Browning’. Folio 129a-d.]
Collins, William Wilkie
Letters, 1860, of William Wilkie Collins to Smith Elder and Company, each with a Smith Elder Publication department filing slip. Folios 130-137.
Letters, 1864-1865, 1871-1873, of William Wilkie Collins to ‘my dear Smith’. Folios 138-141, 178-191.
Letters, 1866-1867, 1869, of William Wilkie Collins to Smith Elder and Company, with envelopes and Smith Elder Publication department filing slips. Folios 142-177.
Corbet, Matthew Ridley
Letter, 1895, of Matthew Ridley Corbet to ‘Miss Smith’, enclosing various autographs. 192-204.
Autographs of:
Thomas William Jex-Blake. Folio 194.
Giovanni Costa. Folio 195.
Alfred G ?Thal. Folio 196.
Kate Greenaway. Folio 197.
Eliza Lynn Linton. Folio 198.
Edward Linley Sambourne. Folio 199.
John Macallan Swan. Folio 200.
Illegible signature. Folio 201.
George Frederic Watts. Folio 202.
Earl of Carlisle [either George James Howard or Charles James Stanley Howard]. Folio 203.
Alfred Austin. Folio 204.
Crockett, Samuel Rutherford
Letter, undated [?early 20th century], Samuel Rutherford Crockett to ‘dear fellow’. Folios 206-207.
Cross, Mary Ann [née Evans ‘George Eliot’] see also Lewes
Agreement, 1862, between Marian Evans Lewes and George Henry Lewes and Smith Elder and Company. Folio 208-209.
Receipt, 1863, of Marian E Lewes for £7000 from Smith Elder and Company for ‘Romola’. Folios 210-211.
Letters, 1868, 1880, of M E Lewes to ‘My dear sir’. Folios 212-215.
Curtis, Dorothy (née Tennant, formerly Stanley)
Letters, 1894, 1898-1899, of Dorothy Stanley to Mrs
Smith, with envelope. Folios 216-224.
Dates
- Creation: 1846-1924, undated.
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