| Title |
Stephen Family: Letters and Papers |
| Reference |
GBR/0012/MS Add.7349 |
| Creator |
Stephen family |
| Covering Dates |
1828–1907 (Circa) |
| Extent and Medium |
2 boxes |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
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| Content and context |
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Sir James Stephen (1789-1859), colonial under-secretary, was the son of James Stephen (1758-1832), Master in Chancery. His brother, Sir George Stephen (1794-1879) was a barrister and reformer. Sir James's marriage to Jane Catherine Venn (d.1875) produced five children, Herbert Venn (1822-1846), Frances Wilberforce (1824-1825), (Sir) James Fitzjames (1829-1894), (Sir) Leslie (1832-1904) and Caroline Emelia (1834-1909). Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet and judge, married Mary Richenda, and had three children, Herbert (1857-1932), James Kenneth (1859-1892) and Harry Lushington (1860-1945).
Includes correspondence, some from India, an autobiography and essays.
Presented by Miss D.J. Stephen, 1953.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Stephen Family: Letters and Papers, MS Add.7349 |
| Further information |
Cambridge University Library holds other papers of Sir James Stephen, MS.Add.7888, and family notebooks, MS.Add.8381. |
| Index Terms |
| Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (1829-1894) 1st Baronet, judge |
| Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) essayist and historian |
| Stephen, James Kenneth (1859-1892) poet |
| Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832-1904) knight, author |
| Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer - (1831-1891) 1st Earl of Lytton, viceroy of India and poet |
| Venables, George Stovin (1810-1888) barrister and journalist |
| Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873) MP, philosopher |
| Kitchin, George William (1827-1912) scholar and dean of Durham |
| Stephen, Sir George (1794-1879) knight, lawyer and slavery abolitionist |
| Stephen, Sir James (1789-1859) knight, civil servant |
| Stephen Family |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.7349 contains: |
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1
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Letters from Sir James Stephen to his third son, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen.
45 letters. |
1834–1859 |
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2
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Letters from Lady (Jane) Stephen, nearly all to her son, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen.
34 letters. |
1837–1871 |
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3
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Letters from Sir James Stephen (nos. 1-8) and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (9-13), all but two (4 and 5) to members of their families.
13 letters. |
1828–1888 |
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4/1-5
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Letters from Caroline Emelia Stephen to Sir J.F. and Lady (Mary) Stephen.
5 letters. |
1853–1879 |
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4/6-19
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Letters from and to Herbert Venn Stephen.
14 letters. |
1828–1843 |
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4/20
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Letter from Sir Leslie Stephen to his nephew, James Kenneth Stephen.
1 letter. |
1891 |
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4/21
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Letter from Lady (Mary) Stephen to Sir Harry Lushington Stephen.
1 letter. |
1907 |
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5
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Letter from Sir George Stephen to his brother, Sir James Stephen. An account of his voyage to Australia and his arrival in Melbourne.
1 letter. |
3 July 1855 |
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6
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Letter from Sir James Stephen to Thomas Carlyle, with Carlyle's reply and another letter from him.
3 letters. |
1853–1854 |
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7a
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Extracts by Lady Stephen from letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to his wife. Letters dated 1869-1872 were written from India.
88 letters. |
1855–1873 |
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7b
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Letters from Sir John Fitzjames Stephen to his wife from India. Extracts copied by Lady Stephen.
120 pages. |
1869–1872 |
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8
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Letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to his sister-in-law, Lady Egerton, with extracts by Lady Stephen from some of the letters.
3 folders. |
1861–1887 |
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9
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Copies of letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to his sister-in-law, Mrs. L. Stephen, and her sister, written from India. |
1869–1872 |
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10
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Letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to Dean George William Kitchin, 1847-1848 and 1851, and a letter from Kitchen to Leslie Stephen, 1894.
7 letters. |
1847–1894 |
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11
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Letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to John Stuart Mill (1, 3, 4, 6, and 8), with one from Mill to Stephen and drafts of two others (2, 5 and 7).
8 letters. |
1864–1869 |
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12
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Letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to George Stovin Venables (copies made by Lady Stephen).
24 letters. |
1859–1887 |
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13
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Letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to Lady Grant Duff (copies made by Lady Stephen).
78 letters. |
1874–1889 |
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14/1
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Copies by Lady Stephen of letters from Sir J.F. Stephen to Lord Lytton.
1 envelope. |
1876–1880 |
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14/2-40
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Letters from J.F. Stephen to Lord Lytton (2-31 and 33-40), and one to Lady Lytton (32).
40 letters. |
1882–1891 |
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14/41
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Copies by Lady Stephen of letters from Lord Lytton to J.F. Stephen.
71 letters. |
1876–1891 |
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15
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Letters from various people, mainly to Sir J. Stephen and Sir J.F. Stephen.
226 letters. |
1830–1890 |
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16
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'Choice of one of the three learned professions,' an essay by Sir J.F. Stephens.
1 notebook. |
1850 |
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17
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Extracts from letters of Sir J.F. Stephen relating to three criminal trials; The Druid, Mrs Maybrick and Lipsky.
1 envelope. |
1884–1887 |
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18-19
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Unfinished autobiography of Sir J.F. Stephen, with a copy by Lady Stephen.
1 envelope. |
1855 |
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20-21
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Unfinished letter to his children by Sir J.F. Stephen, concerning his religious opinions, with a copy by Lady Stephen.
2 envelopes. |
1880 |
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22
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Essay, 'The Nature of Belief', by Sir J.F. Stephen, with a copy by Lady Stephen.
1 envelope. |
1862 |
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23
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Miscellanea. Includes copies of despatches written in India, poems, latin transcriptions and drawings.
10 items. |
1860–1880 |
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