A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection #5257-aj

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection, Accession 5257-aj, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

This collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on October 27, 1989.

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Letters

Richard Doddridge Blackmore , Teddington, to Miss Carrie Alger
1869 Aug 31
ALS, 3 p. on 1 l.

expressing gratitude for receipt of "the pleasant & useful little book" and asking about her father and hoping that he is "carrying on his valuable work"; mentioning orders not to write due to the loss of use of his left hand but that he finds it "impossible to obey such orders, especially with so many good friends to shake by the hand vicariously"; and discussing his latest story that was written in a style "which the custom of the day requires."
Richard Doddridge Blackmore , Teddington, to Mrs. Frieligrath Krocker
1875 Oct 20
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l.

discussing the copyright arrangement with Germany in relation to his book, Alice Lorraine
Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Teddington, to Mrs. Holiday
1878 Nov 4
ALS, 2 p. on 1 l.

concerning her recently deceased brother, and writing "I treasure a great oak-stick which your dear brother gave me; it was of his own cutting"

Manuscript

" Leila; or, the Golden Fleece , "
1896 Aug 14
Galley Proof, six long folio sheets

a short story about the activities of a group of gold prospectors by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, with autograph revisions and inscription on verso of last sheet by the author

A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection