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 imageLow family treeFour generations of the Low family c.1738-1908 including Sampson Low, his parents, grandparents,...
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preview image personMartin Farquhar TupperMartin Farquhar Tupper was an English writer and poet most well known for his 'Proverbial...
preview image personMary HowittMary Howitt was an English poet most well known for her poem 'The Spider and the Fly' first...
preview image personMary Martha SherwoodMary Martha Sherwood (née Butt) was an English author of children's books. Her early works...
preview image personMatilda MackarnessMatilda Anne Mackarness (née Planché) was an English novelist most well known for writing books...
preview image personMatthew Fontaine MauryMatthew Fontaine Maury was an American astronomer, oceanographer, meteorologist, educator, author,...
preview image personOliver Wendell HolmesOliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician and poet. He was from Boston and much of his...
preview image personPaul CullenPaul Cullen was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, previously of Armagh, and Primate of...
preview image personGustave DoréGustave Doré was a prolific French artist, illustrator, caricaturist and sculptor. He illustrated...
preview image personPaul Du ChailluPaul Du Chaillu was a French-American traveller, anthropologist and zoologist. He made several...
preview image personPaul Methuen 1st Baron MethuenPaul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen, was a British Whig politician who was MP for Wiltshire. He was...
preview image imagePortrait of Sampson LowPortrait of the publisher Sampson Low (1797-1886) as a young man.
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preview image personRebecca HeyRebecca Hey (née Roberts) was an English poet, artist and writer. Her first book 'The Moral of...
preview image personR. D. BlackmoreR. D. Blackmore is most famous for his 1869 novel 'Lorna Doone', an historical romance set in the...
preview image personRichard CobdenRichard Cobden was an English manufacturer and a Liberal MP. In 1838 he founded the Anti-Corn Law...
preview image personRichard Chenevix TrenchRichard Chenevix Trench was an Irish Anglican clergyman. He was also a poet and philologist. In...
preview image personRichard Wellesley 1st Marquess WellesleyRichard Coley Wellesley, the 1st Marquess Wellesley, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial...