Letter to Miss Bell from Kimbolton School
A letter on white paper with black type and purple printing. It was sent to Miss Bell from Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire, and is dated 22nd September 1961
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.
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21 ...
Letter to Mr Alfred E Bower
A handwritten letter, dating from 13th July 1897. It is from The Manager of The London and Midland Bank in Leamington Spa to Mr Alfred E Bower regarding the death of Julia Davies.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Priory,
21, North Bank
Regents Park.
April 10. 77
My dear Mrs. Cash
I thank ...
Letter to Mrs Cash, envelope front
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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 'My Dear Bluebell'
A two page letter from Leamington Spa sent to 'My Dear Bluebell'. The letter is dated 19th November 1964.
Letter to Oscar Browning, envelope front.
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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.