mss0099_0373.xml Finding aid for John Maxwell letter to Samuel Lover1859 September 27 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 March 20) Finding aid encoded 2007 March 20 English John Maxwell letter to Samuel Lover1859 September 27 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
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 Maxwell, John. John Maxwell letter to Samuel Lover 1859 September 27 MSS 099, F373 1 item (3 pp.) Letter from publisher John Maxwell to Samuel Lover. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1994.

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MSS 099, F373, John Maxwell letter to Samuel Lover, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note Samuel Lover (1797–1868)

Irish painter, playwright, and author Samuel Lover (1797–1868) was a prolific artist during the nineteenth century. He painted portraits and wrote plays, ballads and novels.

"Samuel Lover 1797–1868." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 16, 2007).

John Maxwell (1824–1895)

John Maxwell (1824–1895) was the husband and publisher of English writer Mary Braddon.

"Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1837–1915." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 20, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

This is an autograph letter signed by publisher John Maxwell to Samuel Lover, encouraging Lover's contributions to a magazine edited by Maxwell entitled The Welcome Guest. The letter is written on the stationery of the magazine.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868.Corporate Names The Welcome Guest. [from old catalog] Topical Terms Authors, Irish--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) OccupationAuthors.Publishers. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List 21F373 John Maxwell letter to Samuel Lover 1859 September 27 Autograph letter signed, 3 pp.