Manuscripts

John Masefield letter to Patric Dickinson

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Description: In this letter, written to fellow English poet Patrick Dickinson, Masefield is commenting on a book of poetry written by Dickinson (Dickinson had sent Masefield a copy).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1950.
Call number: mssHM 78386
Creator: Masefield, John (1878-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Loren Rothschild, July 2008.
Dimensions: 23 cm :
Associated people: Dickinson, Patric, (1914-1994,)

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mssHM 63818

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Charles Darwin letter to John Forbes Royle

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The collection contains correspondence from Charles Darwin to British botanist John Forbes Royle, American philosopher and historian John Fiske, and German biologist Ernst Krause. Also includes correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause. There is also one letter by British zoologist and curator William S. Dallas to Ernst Krause. Several of Charles Darwin's letters were written by his son, Francis. The subjects of the letters include Darwin's work, biology, Darwin's father, physician Robert Darwin, grandfather, natural philosopher and poet Erasmus Darwin, English poet and author of Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin Anna Seward (1742-1809), and English novelist and critic Samuel Butler (1835-1902).

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley letters to Sir John Bowring

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Richard Armour letter to Paul Zall

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This letter, written to fellow writer Paul Zall, chiefly talks about British poet Barry Cornwall and Armour's book Barry Cornwall: a biography of Bryan Waller Procter. Armour also talks a little bit about some of his other published works. The letter is written on "Claremont Men's College Memorandum" letterhead.

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Charles Darwin letters to John Fiske

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Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary letter to George Rockwood

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In this letter, written to New York City photographer, George Rockwood, Peary is paying for and asking about photographs of himself (that Rockwood took and sent to him) that he had received yet. Peary also promises to send Rockwood a copy of his "Arctic narrative" (his book Northward over the "great ice," published in 1898). The letter may be written by another person, but Peary signed it. There is also a note, possibly by Rockwood, "Have ordered 1dz" on page two.

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John Masefield letter to Patric Dickinson

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