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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, and some verses, written by Walter Savage Landor, most of which are to John Forster, from 1838 to 1858. There is one letter by John Forster, 1866 November 5; four letters by Landor’s Australian cousin, lawyer and writer Edward Wilson Landor, from 1867 to 1870; and a letter by English publisher Frederic Chapman to John Forster, 1869 May 7. There are also two folders with photographs and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 27238-27328
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 110 letters from Walter Savage Landor; 95 are to his sister, Elizabeth Landor, and 15 are to his niece, Sophy Landor. There are also 35 letters from Elizabeth Landor to Walter Savage Landor and three from Sophy Landor to Walter Savage Landor. The collection also contains correspondence to and from Sophy Landor and others (98 pieces) about the affairs of Walter Savage Landor from 1858 and after. There are also a few manuscripts, and press clippings of Landor's poems and about the libel case, Yescombe v. Landor in 1858.
mssHM 31656-31909