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 William Henry Giles KingstonW. H. G. Kingston accepts an offer from Sampson Low which is presumably a translation. This letter...
preview image letterLetter from William Henry MilburnWilliam Henry Milburn writes to Sampson Low Junior to inform him that he can give a lecture in...
preview image letterLetter from William Henry ProwseWilliam Henry Prowse writes a personal letter to Sampson Low Junior reflecting on his current poor...
preview image letterLetter from William Hepworth DixonIn his letter to Sampson Low, William Hepworth Dixon offers the publisher first refusal of Lady...
preview image letterLetter from William HowittOne of the oldest letters in the collection, this is a short note in which William Howitt...
preview image letterLetter from William James StewartWilliam Stewart has been offered a job in law, in India, where his brother Sir Richard Couch has...
preview image letterLetter from William Lambert HotchkinThis is a personal letter edged in black, informing Sampson Low of the death from blood poisoning...
preview image letterLetter from William Legge, 4th Earl of DartmouthIn his short letter the Earl of Dartmouth informs the recipient that the Secretary for the Society...
preview image letterLetter from William LeslieWilliam Leslie refers to receiving two copies of Harriet Beecher Stowe's non fictional work about...
preview image letterLetter from William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray sends his thanks for a volume of work which appears to be the...
preview image letterLetter from William ShortIn this personal and religious letter, which appears to be written to to Sampson Low Junior, Rev....
preview image letterLetter from William Withy GullWilliam Withy Gull sends Sampson Low a short thank you note for a work titled 'An Eton Boy's Day of...
preview image letterLetter from unknownThe unknown writer informs Sampson Low that he will call on him to collect an unnamed book and that...
preview image letterLetter from unknownParts of this letter are illegible including the signature and parts are obscured by glue. The...
preview image letterLetter from unknownThis personal letter to Sampson Low by an unidentified writer appears to convey friendship and...
preview image letterLetter from unknownOne of the oldest letters in the collection. Written by an unknown writer who assures the recipient...
preview image letterLetter from unknownThe writer (whose name may be Thomas Dell) explains that the recipient's letter was forwarded to...
preview image letterLetter from unknownThe unknown writer regretfully declines a proposal.
preview image letterLetter from unknownFragment signed by an unknown writer.
preview image letterLetter from unknownFragment. The signature may be J. Emerson.