Letters from Mary Russell Mitford to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MSS 665-666
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1821-1843
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 285 x 240 mm. 2 volumes (117 items tipped in); Binding: bound by Bramhall and Menzies in half green morocco, buckram-covered boards.

Scope and Content

Several letters have been damaged, or are imperfect. There is a pencil annotation at the front of volume 1: For other Mitford Talfourd letters see Sotheby sale catalogue July 31, 1933, lot 217 where 260 letters sold.

  • English MS 665 (volume 1): nos 1-57, 1821-43;
  • English MS 666 (volume 2): nos 58-117, 1821-43.