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Letter to Mary Sibree p.1

A letter to Mary asking for confirmation about a visit Transcript: Dear Mary Do you still wish to have me tomorrow evening? If so I will be with you at six & stay with you till eight. Thine M.A.E. Note: ...

Letter to Mary Sibree p.1 and 4

Mary Ann moved to London on 8th January 1851 staying with John Chapman and his family. Her stay was brief as both his wife and mistress (who both live with John) dislike the attention she received from ...

Letter to Miss Wedgewood, p.1

This letter is edged in black as Eliot is still in mourning for the death of her beloved stepson Thornton Lewes who died of cancer on 19/10/1869. The letter is to rearrange an engagement. Transcript: 21 ...

Letter to Mr Sibree Junior p.1

Eliot writes to John Sibree apologising for not paying postage on a letter and enclosing stamps to cover postage. Transcript: My dear Mr. Sibree It was owing to my neglect that Mary's letter ...

Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1

(Alice Helps is the daughter of Sir Arthur Helps clerk of the Privy Council). It is through Sir Arthur that George Eliot discovered that Queen Victoria enjoyed her work. In this letter Eliot asks Alice ...

Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1

Eliot arranges to see Alice two days after this letter is written when she actually stays for dinner. Transcript: The Priory, 21, North Bank Regents Park. Mar. 28. 74. My dear - may I ...

Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1

Eliot thanks Alice for the present of a pocket. Transcript: The Priory, 21, North Bank Regents Park. June 7. 75 The Pocket is perfect my sweet providence & will be a comfort to me in my ...

Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1

Eliot thanks Alice for her invitation to see Iolanthe at the Haymarket in December but declines as she is going with Lewes. She talks about various domestic arrangements but ends on a humorous note "I ...

Letter to Mrs Cash p.1

A letter to Mary thanking her for informing her of her father Reverend John Sibree's death. Transcript: The Priory, 21, North Bank Regents Park. April 10. 77 My dear Mrs. Cash I thank ...

Letter to Mrs Cash, envelope front

Transcript: Mrs cash Rosehill Coventry Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

Letter to Mrs Cash, envelope front

Transcript: Mrs Cash Keresley Vicarage Coventry Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

Letter to Mrs Cash, p.1 and 4

Eliot writes to Mary (nee Sibree) thanking her for visiting and apologising for not being able to spend more time with her. Eliot and Lewes receive seventeen other visitors on this day! Transcript: The ...

Letter to Mrs John Cash, envelope

Transcript: Mrs Cash Rosehill Coventry Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

Letter to Mrs John Cash, envelope

Transcript: Mrs John Cash Rosehill Coventry Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

Letter to Mrs John Cash, p.1 and 4

Eliot thanks Mary for a copy of her book entitled "The Credentials of Conscience" and expresses her affection for Mary although they've not seen each other for a while. Transcript: The Priory, 21 ...

Letter to Mrs John Cash, p.1 and 4

Mary Ann is now living with George Henry Lewes and signs this letter M.E.Lewes. She met Lewes first in 1851 but didn't start her affair with him until 1853. They lived together from 1855 until his death ...

Letter to Oscar Browning, envelope front.

Transcript: Mrs Trollope Villa Trollope Florence Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.

Letter to Oscar Browning, p.1

Eliot writes to Oscar for some photographs of Sicily. She mentions Thornton Lewes' illness, he died three months later of cancer. Transcript: The Priory, 21, North Bank, Regents Park July 22. ...