Benjamin Disraeli Letters, 1832-1877
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| Creator: |
Benjamin
Disraeli
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| Title: |
Letters,
1832-1877
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| Identification: |
MWalB00011 |
| Quantity: |
2 manuscript
boxes
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| Repository: |
Brandeis University Libraries |
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Brandeis University Libraries, Robert D. Farber University Archives &
Special Collections Department.
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Processed by:
Silvio Dos Santos.
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Biography
British statesman and novelist,
Benjamin Disraeli was born in
London on December 21, 1804. Disraeli received his
education at private schools in Blackheath and Walthamstow. Between the ages of
17 and 20 he became a law apprentice at a London office. After suffering heavy
financial loss due to reckless speculation in the stock market, he started
writing novels, the first of which,
Vivien Grey, appeared in 1826 with some success. Other
novels include: The
Young Duke (1831);
Cantarini Fleming (1832);
Henrietta Temple (1837);
Lothair (3 vols. 1870); and
Endymion (3 vol. 1880).
Disraeli started his political career in 1832, running unsuccessfully
to the Parliament, once as a Radical and three times as a Tory. In 1837 he
finally won a seat in the House of the Commons. In 1852 he became the
Chancellor of the Exchequer under
Geoffrey Stanley, 14th earl of Derby (1799-1869)
and he held the same office in the Derby ministries of 1858-59 and 1866-68.
Disraeli became the Prime Minister when Derby retired in 1867, but his
opponent,
William Gladstone, defeated his government in the
following year. He spent six years in opposition to Prime Minister Gladstone
and in 1874 he won the election to become Prime Minister. As a Prime Minister
his most important achievements came through his participation in international
affairs. He was instrumental in buying shares of the Suez Canal and in creating
for
Queen Victoria the title of empress of India. That
same year
Queen Victoria created him earl of Beaconsfield in
recognition of his services. Perhaps his major achievement in International
affairs came in 1878, in the Congress of Berlin, a congress that redrew the
boundaries of southeastern Europe after the defeat of
Turkey in the war with
Russia (1877-78). Through political and military
maneuvers, Disraeli prevented Russia from gaining strategic advantages in the
Mediterranean. The queen offered to reward him
with a dukedom, which he refused. He died in London on April 19, 1881.
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Scope and Content
The files in this collection span from the years 1799-1881 and include
correspondence, visual materials, and a bound book of letters. Disraeli's
correspondence includes letters to family members, politicians, and others. The
visual materials include photographs, engraved pictures, and caricatures of
Benjamin Disraeli. This collection also includes a bound book of petition
letters addressed to the Earl of Beaconsfield.
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Cataloging Entries
The following catalog entries provide controlled subject access to the
collection. All these entries are searchable in the Brandeis University
libraries' on-line catalog LOUIS to find materials of related interest.
Prime ministers--Great
Britain.
Padwick,
Henry--Correspondence.
Great Britain--Politics and
government--1837-1901.
Disraeli, Sarah,
1802-1859--Correspondence.
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of
Beaconsfield, 1804-1881--Correspondence.
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Series Description
Series I.
Correspondence
1799-1881
Arranged chronologically, this series contains personal
handwritten letters from Benjamin Disraeli to family members and friends as
well as official letters to politicians. Some notable correspondences include
Sarah Disraeli and
Henry Padwick.
Series II.
Visual Materials
undated
This series contains photographs, engraved pictures, caricatures,
and postcards, chiefly portraits of Disraeli.
Series III.
Book of Petitions
1876-77
This series consists of petition letters addressed to the Earl of
Beaconsfield. The letters include hundreds of signatures asking Disraeli to
intervene in the conflict between
Servia and
Russia. This series also includes newspapers
clippings about the international conflict and the petition submitted to
Disraeli.
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Container List
| Correspondence |
| folder 1 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mrs. Stafford;
May 12, 1799.
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| folder 2 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Rev. Isaac King;
ca. 1832.
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| folder 3 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Clara Bolton;
August 8, 1832.
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| folder 4 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sarah Disraeli;
January 14, 1834.
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| folder 5 |
Benjamin Disraeli to [Unknown];
ca. 1835.
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| folder 6 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
John Croker;
January 20, 1835.
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| folder 7 |
Benjamin Disraeli to [Unknown];
October 12, 1835.
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| folder 8 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Alfred Burns;
[ca. 1836 or later].
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| folder 9 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sarah Disraeli;
August 8, [1836?].
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| folder 10 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Lord Ellenborough;
April 5, [1837?].
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| folder 11 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sarah Disraeli;
[ca. 1840?].
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| folder 12 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sarah Disraeli;
[ca. 1840?], second part of folder
11.
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| folder 13 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Sarah Disraeli];
August 15, [1840?].
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| folder 14 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
R. H. Horne;
October 26, 1842.
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| folder 15 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
William Gore Ouseley;
[ca. 1843?].
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| folder 16 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mr. Hanny;
June 9, 1843.
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| folder 17 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Luigi Mariotti?];
August 8, 1844.
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| folder 18 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Lady Anna;
[ca. 1845].
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| folder 19 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Thomas John Ouseley];
April 14, [ca. 1845?].
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| folder 20 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Thomas John Ouseley];
April 23, 1845.
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| folder 21 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mr. Fulcher;
August 31, 1845.
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| folder 22 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
John Irving;
[ca. March 24, 1846?].
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| folder 23 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
John Cortis;
May 28, 1847.
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| folder 23a |
Benjamin Disraeli to
John Cortis;
[May 28, 1847?], envelope to folder
23.
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| folder 24 |
Benjamin Disraeli to [Unknown];
November 23, 1847, door pass.
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| folder 25 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford;
August 26, 1848.
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| folder 26 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Sarah Disraeli];
August 1, 1849.
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| folder 27 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mary Anne Disraeli;
[November 13, 1849?].
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| folder 28 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mary Anne Disraeli;
[November 13, 1849?], transferred to folder
27.
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| folder 29 |
Mary Anne Disraeli to
Philip Rose;
March 9, 1850.
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| folder 30 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Robert Bateso Harvey;
September, 25, 1850.
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| folder 31 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Thomas Hansard;
August 4, 1851.
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| folder 32 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Rev. Claudius Martyn;
July 23, 1852.
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| folder 33 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Lord Andrew Cowley;
September 27, 1852.
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| folder 34 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Captain Harness;
November 12, 1852.
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| folder 35 |
Benjamin Disraeli to "Mr. Editor";
[ca. 1853-1858].
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| folder 36 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
March 11, [1853 or 1857?].
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| folder 37 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Edward Harper;
August 27, 1854.
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| folder 38 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
[ca. 1855].
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| folder 39 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
[ca. 1855].
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| folder 40 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
January 26, 1855.
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| folder 41 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mr. Valentine;
April 10, 1855.
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| folder 42 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
June 21, 1855.
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| folder 43 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
April 12, 1857.
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| folder 44 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
William W. F. Hume;
April 20, 1857.
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| folder 45 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Miss Hitchison;
September 14, [ca. 1857?].
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| folder 46 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Anthony Rathborne;
October 26, 1857.
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| folder 47 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. W. F. Hume;
[ca. 1858?].
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| folder 48 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mrs. Venables;
July 31, 1858.
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| folder 49 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. W. F. Hume;
September 28, 1860.
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| folder 50 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Edward Kenealy];
January 19, 1861.
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| folder 51 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Alfred Austin;
July 21, 1861.
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| folder 52 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. W. F. Hume;
[July, 1861?].
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| folder 53 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Thomas Hamber;
May 13, [1862?].
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| folder 54 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
[Mr. Newman];
March 15, 1863.
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| folder 55 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. W. F. Hume;
September 21, 1863.
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| folder 56 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford;
October 3, 1864.
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| folder 57 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford;
November 29, 1864.
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| folder 58 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. F. Dick;
March 12, 1865.
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| folder 59 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
W. F. Dick;
April 16, 1866.
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| folder 60 |
Benjamin Disraeli to [Unknown];
December 31, 1866.
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| folder 61 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mr. Brixy;
[April 23, 1867].
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| folder 62 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
James Hartley;
November 6, 1867.
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| folder 63 |
[Benjamin Disraeli] to
General Negrete;
November 21, [1867].
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| folder 64 |
[Benjamin Disraeli] to [Unknown];
November 21, [1867].
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| folder 65 |
[Benjamin Disraeli] to [Unknown];
[ca. 1867?].
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| folder 66 |
[M. Spofforth] to
James Hartley;
[ca. 1868?].
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| folder 67 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sir Sydney C. Dacres;
March 7, 1868.
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| folder 68 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sir William Brett;
August 11, 1868.
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| folder 69 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
August 14, 1868.
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| folder 70 |
Montagu Corry to
Rev. C. W. Clubbe;
October 5, 1868.
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| folder 71 |
[M. Spofforth] to
James Hartley;
October 6, 1868.
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| folder 72 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
R. P. Long;
November 21, 1868.
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| folder 73 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Philip Rose;
December 8, 1868.
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| folder 74 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Philip Rose;
January 12, 1869.
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| folder 75 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
John Fuller Maitland;
October 13, 1869.
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| folder 76 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sir Philip Rose;
September 26, 1870 [or 1878?].
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| folder 77 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Henry Padwick;
September 12, 1872.
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| folder 78 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sir Alfred Leggatt;
October 17, 1872.
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| folder 79 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss;
November 20, 1872 [or 1878?]. Attachment:
Photograph of Benjamin Disraeli.
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| folder 80 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
J. G. Middleton;
February 9, 1873.
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| folder 81 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
J. G. Middleton;
November 13, 1873.
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| folder 82 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mrs. Drury;
[ca. 1874?].
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| folder 83 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
B. Quaritch;
January 18, 1874.
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| folder 84 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Samuel Lucas;
[May 6, 1874 or 1853?].
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| folder 85 |
Benjamin Disraeli to [Unknown];
April 13, 1875.
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| folder 86 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Lord Tenterden;
July 30, 1876.
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| folder 87 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Mr. Usher;
September 5, 1876.
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| folder 88 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Lady Emily;
March 9, 1877.
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| folder 89 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Alfred Austin;
December 9, 1877.
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| folder 90 |
Benjamin Disraeli to
Alfred Austin;
January 17, 1881.
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| Visual Materials |
| folder 1 |
Printed Engraving of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 2 |
Printed Engraving of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 3 |
Engraving of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 4 |
Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 5 |
Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 6 |
Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 7 |
Colored Print of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 8 |
Etching of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 9 |
Photograph of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 10 |
Photograph of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 11 |
Photograph of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 12 |
Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 13 |
Postcard of Benjamin Disraeli |
| folder 14 |
Postcard of Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire
(exterior)
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| folder 15 |
Postcard of Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire
(interior)
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| folder 16 |
Postcard of the Library of Hughenden Manor in
Buckinghamshire
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| folder 17 |
Postcard of the Study of Hughenden Manor in
Buckinghamshire
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| Letters and Newsclippings |
| folder 1 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Benjamin Disraeli;
December 29, 1876.
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| folder 2 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Benjamin Disraeli;
December 29, 1876. Attachment: Printed
petition.
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| folder 3 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Benjamin Disraeli;
December 28, 1876.
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| folder 4 |
J. F. Daly
to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
January 2, 1876 [1877?].
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| folder 5 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Benjamin Disraeli;
January 3. 1877.
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| folder 6 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Hon. W. E. Gladstone;
December 13, 1876.
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| folder 7 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Marquis of Salisbury;
December 22, 1876.
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| folder 8 |
H. Stafford Northcote to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
January 1, 1877.
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| folder 9 |
J. F. Daly to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
January 8, 1877.
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| folder 10 |
A. Cowper Ranyard to
Benjamin Disraeli;
March 14, 1877.
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| folder 11 |
J. F. Daly to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
March 21, 1877.
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| folder 12 |
[George Crawshay] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 13 |
C. Jones to
George Crawshay;
December 29, 1876.
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| folder 14 |
George Crawshay to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 10, 1876.
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| folder 15 |
George Crawshay to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
[ca. December, 1876].
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| folder 16 |
George Crawshay to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 18, 1876.
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| folder 17 |
George Crawshay to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 20, 1876.
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| folder 18 |
[W. H. M. Christie] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 19, 1876.
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| folder 19 |
William Crookes to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 20 |
[H. F.] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 17, 1876.
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| folder 21 |
[David Ferris?] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 19, 1876.
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| folder 22 |
[John H. Hill] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 20, 1876.
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| folder 23 |
[M. Yarwood] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, [1876].
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| folder 24 |
Samuel Jackson to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 25 |
[G. R. Wudhel] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 20, 1876.
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| folder 26 |
Henry Leslie to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 21, 1876.
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| folder 27 |
Leoni Levi to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 28 |
Major Charles Loftus to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 21, 1876.
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| folder 29 |
[Flora Mankuhan] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 20, 1876.
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| folder 30 |
Henry Maunsell to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 22, 1876.
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| folder 31 |
Earl of Milltown to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 22, 1876.
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| folder 32 |
William Noble to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 33 |
Viscount Pollington to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 22, 1876.
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| folder 34 |
Viscount Pollington to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 26, 1876.
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| folder 35 |
J. R. Pretyman to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 21, 1876.
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| folder 36 |
R. A. Proctor to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 14, 1876.
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| folder 37 |
R. A. Proctor to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 17, 1876.
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| folder 38 |
R. A. Proctor to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 18, 1876.
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| folder 39 |
Sam Ranyard to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 21, 1876.
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| folder 40 |
Arthur Ranyard to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 23, 1876.
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| folder 41 |
Thomas Martin to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
January 8, 1877.
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| folder 42 |
Isaac Taylor to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 22, 1876.
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| folder 43 |
[Grossetler?] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 16, 1876.
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| folder 44 |
[P. A. White?] to
A. Cowper Ranyard;
December 15, 1876.
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| folder 45 |
[A. Cowper Ranyard] to
Benjamin Disraeli;
[ca. January 1877]. (Inventory of
Petitions).
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| folder 46 |
[A. Cowper Ranyard] to
Benjamin Disraeli;
[ca. January 1877]. (List of
signatures).
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| folder 47 |
Morning Post clipping: "The Breach of Neutrality by
Russia in Servia";
January 5, 1877.
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| folder 48 |
Daily News clipping;
January 5, 1877.
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| folder 49 |
The Globe clipping: "Russia and the Law of Nations";
January 5, 1877.
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| folder 50 |
Dublin Evening Mail clipping: "Public Opinion - Real and
Facticious";
December 21, 1876.
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