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Reference code
SW/1
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General Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1850-1950 (Creation)
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Series
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Context area
Name of creator
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
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. Letters grouped in alphabetical series (alphabetized surnames) with items arranged chronologically.