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Frances Power Cobbe Correspondence

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Letters addressed to Frances Power Cobbe cover women's suffrage and rights; antivivisection, her social work in Bristol, and her moral and religious writings; comments on her books and articles. Correspondents include Mary Carpenter, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Charles Darwin, Earl of Shaftesbury, James Anthony Froude, Keshub Chunder Sen, James Martineau, Theodore Parker, Felix Pecaut, and others.

Bray, Caroline (Hennell). 1895, May 21. Re: George Eliot. Cobbe, Charles, Abp. of Dublin. To his son, Charles Cobbe. 1750, Mar. 17. Letter of advice on going abroad. Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. 1875, May 7. Re: vivisection. Froude, James Anthony. Interesting series of letters. Galton, Sir Francis. 1877, Aug. 27. Re: motives for murder. Kesavachandra Sena. 1878, Apr. 26. Re: the marriage of his young daughter. Montefiore, Claude G. 1882, Dec. 4. On inter-racial marriage with Jews. Parker, Theodore. 1848, May 5. On religion. Russell, John, styled Viscount Amberly. 1874, Nov. 10 & 25. Letter about Frances Power Cobbe's essay on Mill. Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (Balfour). 1890, Jan. 10. On premonitions, telepathy, and hallucinations. Spencer, Herbert. 1872. Criticism of Miss Cobbe's Darwinism in Morals. Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1884, Mar. 9. Re: his friendliness toward dogs and his views on vivisection. Amos, Sheldon (3 pieces, 1879-83) Bonheur, Rosa (4 pieces, 1869-98) Boyle, Eleanor Vere (Gordon) ((3 pieces, c.1890?) Brown, Edward Harold, Bp. of Winchester (8 pieces, 1878-89) Butler, Frances Anne (Kemble) (5 pieces, c. 1865-90) Carpenter, Mary (23 pieces, 1858-77) Carpenter, William Benjamin (4 pieces, 1867-73) Channing, William Henry (5 pieces, 1860-83) Colenso, John William, Bp. of Natal (11 pieces, 1863-74) Collins, William Wilkie (3 pieces, 1882-83) Cooper, Anthony Ashley (7th Earl of Shaftesbury, 238 pieces, 1877-85) Darwin, Charles Robert (5 pieces, c.1870-75) Darwin, Emma (Wedgewood) (4 pieces, c.1870-90) Eastlake, Elizabeth (Rigby) , Lady (3 pieces, 1885-89) Edwards, Amelia Ann Blandford (3 pieces, 1888-89) Fawcett, Millicent (Garrett) (3 pieces, c.1885-90) Froude, James Anthony (34 pieces, 1861-92) Greg, William Rathbone (3 pieces, c.1870-80) Herbert, George Robert Charles (13th Earl of Pembroke, 4 pieces, 1888) Hoare, John N (4 pieces, 1894) How, William Walsham, Bp. of Wakefield (5 pieces, 1889-94) Hutton, Richard Holt (8 pieces, 1875-92) James, Henry (3 pieces, 1893) Jowett, Benjamin (4 pieces, 1860-65) Kesavachandra Sena (14 pieces, 1863-78) Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (5 pieces, 1865-90) Lilly, William Samuel (3 pieces, 1885-86) Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal (5 pieces, 1882-89) Martineau, James (26 pieces, 1865-97) Morley, John (1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 5 pieces, 1880) Morris, Sir Lewis (3 pieces, 1881-c.1887) Newman, Francis William (3 pieces, 1859-76) Paget Walpurga Ehrengarde... (4 pieces, 1891) Parker, Theodore (17 pieces, 1848-60) Pécaut, Félix (12 pieces, 1863-71) Pécaut, J Elie (5 pieces, 1898) Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (4 pieces, 1884-87) Rhys, Sir John (3 pieces, 1891-93) Ritchie, Anne Isabella ... (3 pieces, c.1875-82) Roberts, William Page (3 pieces, 1886-87) Spencer, Herbert (5 pieces, 1866-c.1875) Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (10 pieces, 1871-79) Taylor, Helen (3 pieces, 1868-74) Taylor, Sir Henry (3 pieces, 1879-82) Tennyson, Hallam (2d Baron Tennyson, 4 pieces, 1882-94) Tyndall, John (4 pieces, 1865-c.1875) Upton, Charles Barnes (3 pieces, 1883-86) Ward, Mary Augusta (Arnold) (10 pieces, 1888-94) Watson, Sir William (3 pieces, c.1890-1900) Webster, Augusta (3 pieces, 1878-81) Welldon, James Edward Cowell (4 pieces, 1886-92) Wilberforce, Albert Basil Orme (7 pieces, c.1890-92)
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1855-1904
Call number
mssCB 1-854
Creator
Cobbe, Frances Power (1822-1904)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description
Correspondents include Mary Carpenter, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Charles Darwin, Earl of Shaftesbury, James Anthony Froude, Keshub Chunder Sen, James Martineau, Theodore Parker, Felix Pecaut, and others.
Provenance
Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, 1949.
Associated people
Carpenter, Mary, (1807-1877.)
Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882.)
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, (1801-1885.)
Froude, James Anthony, (1818-1894.)
Martineau, James, (1805-1900.)
Sen, Keshub Chunder, (1838-1884.)
Parker, Theodore, (1810-1860.)
Pécaut, Félix, (1828-1898.)
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