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 attributed to Walter ScottThis is a facsimile of a letter purpurted to have been written by Walter Scott to the English poet...
preview image letterLetter from Albert Richard SmithAlbert Smith informs the recipient that he will visit the following day unless the recipient is...
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 Alfred, Lord TennysonLord Tennyson's undated letter addressed to Sampson Low, Son & Co refers to an enclosed copy of...
preview image letterLetter from Amelia OpieOne of the oldest letters in the collection. Amelia Opie discusses matters of publication of a...
preview image letterLetter from Andrew Paton CharlesAndrew Paton Charles refers almost exclusively to his wife, (Elizabeth Rundle Charles) in his...
preview image letterLetter from Angela Burdett-CouttsAngela Burdett-Coutts provided funds for explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley's...
preview image letterLetter from Anna Cummings JohnsonIn her letter, Anna Cummings Johnson refers to spellings in English, Swiss and German in a...
preview image letterLetter from Anna Maria HallAnna Maria Hall sends the recipient novelist Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury's address following a...
preview image letterLetter from Anne CropperAnne Cropper expresses how much she is looking forward to meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe at their...
preview image letterLetter from Anne Isabella Noel ByronLady Byron refers to part of a letter written by author Eliza Follen to Harriet Beecher Stowe and...
preview image letterLetter from Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThe Earl of Shaftesbury writes to Sampson Low regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe who had been taken ill.
preview image letterLetter from Anthony Trollope (1)In his letter to Sampson Low, Anthony Trollope discusses the supply of his work for a magazine and...
preview image letterLetter from Anthony Trollope (2)In a letter a few weeks before his second in the collection, Anthony Trollope refers to sending an...
preview image letterLetter from Arthur HelpsIn his letter, Arthur Helps regretfully declines an invitation to visit and meet with Calvin and...
preview image letterLetter from Arthur Hugh CloughThis letter penned by Arthur Clough acknowledges a request for an inspectorship appointment for a...
preview image letterLetter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonThe Duke of Wellington was appointed as the Lord Warden and Constable of Dover Castle in 1829. In...
preview image letterLetter from Ashton OxendenThe Bishop refers to his book on the psalms which has been sent to the recipient for approval. The...
preview image letterLetter from Assaad Yaqub KayatKayat discusses an organisation of which he is part that is going to send six young educated...
preview image letterLetter from Baptist Wriothesley NoelThis is a personal letter of sympathy from Baptist Wriothesley Noel regarding the recipient's...