Collection of Victorian Letters

This material is held atUniversity of Leicester Special Collections

Reference
- GB 338 MS 254
Dates of Creation
- 1848-1900
Name of Creator
- Dore, Louis Auguste Gustav (1832-1883) French Painter and Illustrator Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Cardinal Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881) Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman Leighton, Frederic (1830-1896) Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859) Baron Macaulay, statesman and historian Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), statesman Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865 Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer- (1803-1873) 1st Baron Lytton, statesman and novelist.
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 folder

Scope and Content

Collection of Victorian letters from politicians, artists and architects, churchmen, military men and others, among them Gustave Dore, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Frederick Leighton, Lord Macaulay, William Gladstone, Lord Palmerston and Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The material includes letters of condolence, letters accepting or declining invitations, family correspondence and a Memorandum of Agreement for the employment of Helen A. Pottinger as a pupil-teacher by Liverpool Cranmer Wesleyan School, dated 1877.