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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.

Type	Name or title	Description
person	Alfred Lord Tennyson	Alfred Lord Tennyson was a British poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850 and remained so...
person	Arthur Hugh Clough	Arthur Hugh Clough was a poet and educationalist. He became principal of University Hall part of...
person	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton was an English writer and politician and the father of...
person	Frederick Locker-Lampson	Frederick Locker was an English poet and book collector. He was extremely popular among a large...
person	George Daniel	George Daniel was an English writer of poetry, plays and other written works. He was also a book...
person	James Montgomery	James Montgomery was a Scottish hymnodist, poet and editor. He was an abolitionist and supported...
person	John Clare	John Clare was a poet of the English countryside, its wildlife and the labouring rural classes. He...
person	Josiah Conder	Josiah Conder was editor of the British literary magazine 'The Eclectic Review' and the...
person	Josiah Gilbert Holland	Josiah Gilbert Holland was an American novelist and poet. He also co-founded and edited Scribners...
person	Martin Farquhar Tupper	Martin Farquhar Tupper was an English writer and poet most well known for his 'Proverbial...
person	Oliver Wendell Holmes	Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician and poet. He was from Boston and much of his...
person	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, philosopher and lecturer who led the...
person	Richard Chenevix Trench	Richard Chenevix Trench was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He was also a poet and philologist. In...
person	Robert Williams Buchanan	Robert Williams Buchanan was a Scottish poet novelist and playwright. He began writing poetry as a...
person	Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl of Lytton	Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the 1st Earl of Lytton, was an English statesman and politician. He was also...
person	Robert Montgomery	Robert Montgomery was an English poet and clergyman. His first publication in 1828 was 'The...
person	Thomas Kibble Hervey	Thomas Kibble Hervey was a Scottish-born poet and critic. He became editor of the popular literary...
person	Walter Scott	Walter Scott was a Scottish poet, novelist, playwright and historian. He remains one of the most...

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