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Walter Besant letters

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Description: The letters are addressed to Andrew Chatto, Chatto & Windus, and Harry Quilter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1885-1901.
Call number: mssHM 35891-35902
Creator: Besant, Walter (1836-1901)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Jenkins Co., October 22, 1971.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Walter Besant letters and autobiographical sketch

Manuscripts

The two letters are addressed to Mr. Clarke and to Messrs. Klene and Co.

mssHM 10785-10787

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Walter Besant letter to Chester Burr Todd

Manuscripts

mssHM 7963

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Besant, Walter, 1836-1901. The art of fiction: a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution on Friday evening, April 25, 1884 (with notes and additions)

Rare Books

Kirkpatrick reference: 747 Description: 39, [1] pages Imprint: London : Chatto and Windus Notes: Imperfect: page 39 lacking.

635664

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Walter Besant

Manuscripts

The majority of the correspondence is addressed to Oliver Bainbridge (there are a few letters not addressed to him and there are only two letters written by Bainbridge). The authors of the correspondence are mostly British royalty, diplomats and administrators in India and Australia, as well as American, British, Australian and Canadian clergy, writers and politicians. Issues addressed within the correspondence include the life and career of Oliver Bainbridge and 20th century politics and government within Great Britain, India, Canada, and Australia. Correspondents include Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Sir William Martin Conway, Sir Almeric William Fitz Roy, Sir Henry Knollys, Reginald Brabazon, the 12th Earl of Meath, Olʹga Alekseevna Novikova, Sir George Houstoun Reid, Horatio Nelson Nelson, and Ellis Rowan.

mssBainbridge

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Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896. 2 letters to [Chatto & Windus (Firm)], (1883), Trieste (Austria)

Manuscripts

Addressed to: Andrew Chatto, 1841-1913.

RFB 188-189

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Walter C. Arensberg letters

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters written to and from Walter Conrad Arensberg and his wife, Mary Louise Stevens Arensberg (who is frequently addressed as "Lou"). Correspondents include Witter Bynner, Marcel Duchamp, Hildegard Flanner, Georgia Boit Gierasch, Pitts Sanborn, Robert Alden Sanborn. and William Carlos Williams.

mssHM 39477-39557

Walter Besant letters

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