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 personJohn PhilippartJohn Philippart was a British military writer and editor. He became a clerk in the War Office in...
preview image personJohn Russell 1st Earl RussellLord John Russell was a British Whig and later Liberal politician. He served two terms as Prime...
preview image personJohn TennielJohn Tenniel was an English illustrator and caricaturist. He was principal political cartoonist for...
preview image personJoseph BosworthJoseph Bosworth was a Buckinghamshire vicar who had an interest in European languages. His best...
preview image personJoseph PayneJoseph Payne was an English educationalist and reformer who believed education could transform...
preview image personJoseph SturgeJoseph and Hannah Sturge (née Dickinson) were English Quakers and abolitionists. They married in...
preview image personJosiah ConderJosiah Conder was editor of the British literary magazine 'The Eclectic Review' and the...
preview image personJulia PardoeJulia Pardoe was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveller. Her writings covered many...
preview image personMarian JamesThere is little information available about English author and poet Marian James. Her books...
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 personPaul Methuen 1st Baron MethuenPaul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen, was a British Whig politician who was MP for Wiltshire. He was...
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 personRobert Grosvenor 1st Baron EburyLord Ebury was the third son of Robert Grosvenor, the 1st Marquess of Westminster. He became a Whig...
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