Manuscripts

Edward Dowden correspondence

Description: The collection contains letters from Edward Dowden to Robert Perceval Graves. There are also a few poems by Dowden and letters from Mary Clerke Dowden and John Ramsden Tutin.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1868-1913
Call number: mssHM 39181-39258
Creator: Dowden, Edward (1843-1913)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's, December 1972.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Dowden, Mary, (-1892.); Graves, Robert Perceval, (1810-1893.); Tutin, J. R. (1855-1913.)
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Edward Dowden correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters from Edward Dowden to Robert Perceval Graves. There are also a few poems by Dowden and letters from Mary Clerke Dowden and John Ramsden Tutin.

mssHM 39181-39258

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George B. McClellan correspondence

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A collection of business, military, political, and personal correspondence of George B. McClellan, chiefly letters written by him. The largest portion of the collection consists of 22 letters from McClellan to Edward Henry Wright and covers the period from 1863 to 1885. Other correspondents include J. E. Peyton, David Hunter, John Van Buren, William H. Aspinwall, Robert Patterson, and others. Also included are a few letters by McClellan's wife Ellen Mary Marcy McClellan.

mssMcClellan

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George B. McClellan correspondence

Manuscripts

mssMcClellan

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Edward Renaud manuscript poems

Manuscripts

Copy handwritten by Edward Renaud for Mary Todd Lincoln.

mssHM 1988

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, four photographs, and two scrapbooks related to the personal and business affairs (mainly concerning the printing business) of Edward DeWitt Taylor. There are also a few manuscripts and poems by Edward DeWitt Taylor and his father, Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923), and others. There is one letter by Jack London to Taylor, 1909 November 27. Much of the collection is unsorted and undated.

mssTaylore

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Queen Mary correspondence with C.H. Collins Baker regarding the King's paintings ; note written by Edward VII

Manuscripts

The nineteen letters include: a note written by Edward VII, enclosed in a letter from the Lord Chamberlain's Office (HM 82777); letters written from C.H. Collins Baker to Queen Mary (HM 82779, 82785, 82795); and letters written Queen Mary to C.H. Collins Baker (HM 82778, 82780-82784, 82786-82794). The letters between C.H. Collins Baker and Queen Mary discuss various paintings in the Royal collections, various Royal palaces and the purchase of paintings by the Queen. The letters are written from St. James's Palace, Windsor Castle, the National Gallery, Buckingham Palace and Sandringham; many letters with envelopes.

mssHM 82777-82795

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