Comprises 28 autograph letters, 22 from William Torrens to Jabez Hogg dated 13 December 1864-18 October 1890, and 6 by other writers, all of them written to Jabez Hogg, 2 stamped-addressed envelopes belonging to 2 of the letters, 4 printed pamphlets, of which 2 concern an election contested by William Torrens in Finsbury in 1880, and 2 concern the Waterworks Clauses Act (1847) Amendment Bill promoted by William Torrens and others in 1884, 8 press-cuttings concerning the life, writings, and death of William Torrens, including a printed portrait of him, dated between 1868 and 1894, and a House of Commons admission ticket used by William Torrens on 13 April 1885.
Letters from William Torrens McCullagh Torrens, with related material
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Misc. Letters 2 Torrens
- Dates of Creation1864-1894
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description28 letters (59 ff. with 56 ff. conjoined in 28 pairs), 2 envelopes, 4 pamphlets, 8 press-cuttings, and 1 admission ticket, all held in 2 envelopes, manuscript, typescript, and printed material. The material was formerly bound into a volume which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1813-1894), the politician and author. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography.
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From the library of Lord Brotherton.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
The letters are listed in the Letters database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/letters/letlink.htm#torrens