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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	Arthur Helps	Arthur Helps was an English writer and civil servant. He began his career as private secretary to...
person	Charles Allston Collins	Charles Allston Collins, the brother of author Wilkie Collins, was a British artist and...
person	Charles Benjamin Tayler	Charles Benjamin Tayler was an English clergyman who wrote many religious instruction books for...
person	Christopher Newman Hall	Christopher Newman Hall was an English non-conformist clergyman known as the 'Dissenter's Bishop'....
person	Edward Bickersteth	Edward Bickersteth was an evangelical clergyman. Throughout his life he travelled overseas to...
person	Elizabeth Charles	Elizabeth Charles (née Rundle) was an author and hymnodist. She was married to Andrew Paton...
person	Frances Anne Kemble	Frances Kemble was a British actress and writer. The Kemble family were a prominent theatrical...
person	George Daniel	George Daniel was an English writer of poetry, plays and other written works. He was also a book...
person	Harriet Martineau	Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist and writer who is regarded by many as the first...
person	Henry Stebbing	Henry Stebbing was a cleric, writer and editor. He held various positions in the Anglican Church...
person	Horace St John	Horace Roscoe St John was a journalist, editor and author. He contributed to several periodicals...
person	James Hamilton Fennell	James Hamilton Fennell was a Victorian antiquary and botanist whose works included 'The...
person	John Forster	John Forster was an English writer, historian and editor. During his lifetime he edited...
person	John Philippart	John Philippart was a British military writer and editor. He became a clerk in the War Office in...
person	Martin Farquhar Tupper	Martin Farquhar Tupper was an English writer and poet most well known for his 'Proverbial...
person	Rebecca Hey	Rebecca Hey (née Roberts) was an English poet, artist and writer. Her first book 'The Moral of...
person	Theodore Hook	Theodore Hook was a composer and writer. He found favour with the Prince Regent and was briefly...
person	Thomas Binney	Thomas Binney was a Congregationalist clergyman. He was nicknamed the 'Archbishop of Nonconformity'...
person	Thomas Babington Macaulay 1st Baron Macaulay	Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British historian and politician. He held the positions of...
person	William Hepworth Dixon	William Hepworth Dixon was an English historian. During his life he travelled to many countries and...

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