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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	George Cruikshank	George Cruikshank was a caricaturist and illustrator. He successfully satirised politicians and...
person	George Daniel	George Daniel was an English writer of poetry, plays and other written works. He was also a book...
person	George Grote	George Grote was an English historian who is best known for his work 'A History of Greece'...
person	George Henry Lewes	George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher, writer and literary critic. However he is most well...
person	George Peabody	George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist. He moved to London from Massachusetts...
person	George Augustus Sala	George Augustus Sala was an English author and journalist who contributed to the 'Illustrated...
person	George Walter Thornbury	George Walter Thornbury was an English author and journalist who wrote the first biography of...
person	Gerald Wellesley	Gerald Valerian Wellesley was a Church of England cleric. He was also the nephew of Arthur...
person	Hablot Knight Browne	Hablot Knight Browne was an artist and illustrator who used the pseudonym Phiz. He met Charles...
person	Henry Mayhew	Henry Mayhew was a journalist, playwright and social reformer. He co-founded 'Punch' magazine in...
person	Henry Moseley	Henry Moseley was an English clergyman, mathematician and scientist. In addition to several...
person	Henry Pierrepont	Henry Pierrepont was an English diplomat and aristocrat. His father was the 1st Earl Manvers...
person	Henry Stebbing	Henry Stebbing was a cleric, writer and editor. He held various positions in the Anglican Church...
person	Hensleigh Wedgwood	Hensleigh Wedgewood was a British etymologist and philologist. He also trained as a barrister and...
person	Herbert Coleridge	Herbert Coleridge was a philologist and the grandson of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge....
person	Horace St John	Horace Roscoe St John was a journalist, editor and author. He contributed to several periodicals...
person	Isaac Israel Hayes	Isaac Israel Hayes was an American explorer, physician and politician. He began his career in 1853...
person	James Hamilton Fennell	James Hamilton Fennell was a Victorian antiquary and botanist whose works included 'The...
person	James Cooley Fletcher	James Cooley Fletcher was an American Presbyterian minister who also served as a missionary in...
person	James Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury	James Gascoyne-Cecil, the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, was a British politician who was variously...

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