Letter from F. Lucas to Joseph Watson
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- 6 June 1832
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning an earlier letter not received and his willingness to assist Watson in his work.
Letter from F. Lucas to Joseph Watson
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning an earlier letter not received and his willingness to assist Watson in his work.
Letter from Lord Howick to Joseph Watson
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Presenting compliments.
Letter from Richard Howitt to Joseph Watson
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning his present inability to offer a prose composition to Watson, relating to Watson's Editorship of the literary annual Aurora Borealis.
Correspondence to Joseph Watson
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Consists of letters to Robert Spence Watson's father, Joseph Watson, some concerning the publication of the Aurora Borealis magazine.
Watson, Joseph, dates unknown, solicitor, northern secretary of the Anti-Corn Law League
Letter to Joseph Watson [unsigned]
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning an article on Ashbrook School.
Letter from B. Barton to Joseph Watson
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning literary business.
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning the payment of arrears to the 63rd Regiment of Foot.
Letter from Lascelles Abercrombie to Mr. Monkhouse
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning manuals of prosody for Monkhouse's daughter.
Letter from Walter Scott to Edward Forster
Part of Spence Watson/Weiss Papers
Concerning the next edition of 'The Lay', looking forward to lectures on Dryden, and rare pamphlets with him.
Consists mainly of letters to Robert Spence Watson. Topics include, but are not limited to, British politics and the Liberal party, contemporary Europe, Armstrong College (later Newcastle University), the Peace Society, lectures at the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, and contemporary literary and scientific achievements. Other regular recipients of letters include Elizabeth Spence Watson, Frederick Weiss, and Charles Prestwich Scott.
The Spence Watson's wide-ranging public activism, make their correspondence a valuable source of opinions on the social and political matters of the day from a wide range of prominent persons.
Watson, Robert Spence, 1837-1911, Politician and Reformer