A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection Blackmore, Richard Doddridge. 5257-an

A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection

A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 5257-an

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

5257-an

Title

Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection 1884-1890

Extent

2 items

Collector

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on February 14, 1991.

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Item Listing

Richard Doddridge Blackmore , Teddington, to "My dear Sir"

1884 Feb 25

ALS, 3 p. on 1 l.

acknowledging receipt of his beautiful book and expressing appreciation of the recipient's warm approval of his own works. He discusses writing literature and mentions his own work on "a little skit of fiction." He feels that the recipient's "gift is for longer & higher flights of imagination." Included is an advertisement for Lorna Doone

Richard Doddridge Blackmore , Teddington, to "My dear Augustus,"

1890 July 13

ALS, 1 p.

inviting him to spend a fortnight of his holidays with the Blackmores, provided it is approved by his father