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 personJoseph SturgeJoseph and Hannah Sturge (née Dickinson) were English Quakers and abolitionists. They married in...
preview image personJosiah ConderJosiah Conder was editor of the British literary magazine 'The Eclectic Review' and the...
preview image personThomas BinneyThomas Binney was a Congregationalist clergyman. He was nicknamed the 'Archbishop of Nonconformity'...