The Sampson Low Collection

Sampson Low (1797-1886) was a Victorian bookseller and publisher whose clients included many notable figures of the nineteenth century from Britain, North America and Europe. The Sampson Low Collection comprises two volumes of over 200 letters written by clients and friends, the majority to Sampson Low himself. The letters have been digitised and transcribed and made available online for the first time.

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preview image letterLetter from Alfred Edward ChalonThis letter from Alfred Edward Chalon to Sampson Low is written to accompany a portrait of the...
preview image letterLetter from Anna Maria HallAnna Maria Hall sends the recipient novelist Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury's address following a...
preview image letterLetter from Benjamin Humphrey SmartB. H. Smart writes to Sampson Low to thank him for the copy of Worcester's Dictionary he has...
preview image letterLetter from Charles EllicottThis letter accompanied a second letter (not included) which Charles John Ellicott wished to be...
preview image letterLetter from Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale asks Sampson Low to convey her thanks to American clergyman and historian,...
preview image letterLetter from John Lothrop MotleyJohn Lothrop Motley informs the recipient that he will forward a parcel from 'Mrs Fletcher' once he...
preview image letterLetter from Joseph SturgeThis is a short letter from Joseph and Hannah Sturge asking Sampson Low, Son & Co for the enclosed...
preview image letterLetter from Louis Blanc, 17 March 1866Blanc questions the translation of a piece he's written which he worries may lead the reader to...
preview image letterLetter from Louis Blanc, 21 September 1867Blanc asks if books for review could be sent to Alfred Whitty, who was a journalist with the...
preview image letterLetter from Marian JamesMarian James encloses a piece to forward to Harper Publishers for 'The Eclectic' - a monthly...
preview image letterLetter from Richard CobdenRichard Cobden asks Sampson Low to forward an enclosed but unnamed book to author Patrick Barry.
preview image letterLetter from Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st BaronetThe Lord Chief Baron writes to Sampson Low enclosing a letter to forward to Harriet Beecher Stowe...
preview image letterLetter from Thomas Percival BuntingThomas Percival Bunting refers to Peter Cartwright's autobiography published in 1857 titled...
preview image letterLetter from William ArthurWilliam Arthur makes a request to post an enclosed item to Mr Milburn. This is most likely William...
preview image letterLetter from William Cooke TaylorThis is a short note written by William Taylor addressed to publisher Richard Bentley in which he...
preview image letterLetter from unknown - Frederick or Florence PearsonThe writer, who may be called Frederick or Florence Pearson, returns a letter to a Mr Simson.