| Title |
T. R. Glover's correspondence (1891) |
| Reference |
1/6 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1891 |
| Extent and Medium |
78 letters; paper |
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| Content and context |
Mostly congratulating Glover on winning the 1891 Porson Prize, the 1891 Sir William Browne medal for Greek Epigram, and on his First in Part I of the Classical Tripos. |
| St John's Library/Glover/1/6 contains: |
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ALS to Richard Glover, his father, from Dresden. Reports on his three weeks in Germany. Discusses his reading of 'The ring and the book'. Describes his previous term at university, mentioning that he was reelected to the Union Committee. Mentions some 'especially nice' freshmen, including Horton-Smith, Richard Sheepshanks and B. P. Walker. Also mentions Ernest Symes and Walter Weekes. Sends news of friends, including Arthur [Allen], Fred, Lewis, Mr Greaves, and Dixon. Informs that Whibley's book, with T. R. Glover's index, has been published. Narrates the surprise arrival of John Savile Tucker, master at Wellington College. Considers his own career options. Mentions the Scotch minister Mr Bowden.
Creator: T. R. Glover.
8 p.; paper. |
1 Jan. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Draws his attention to Nature's beauty in order to cheer him up. Warns him against worry about failure in exams. Mentions his job at Wellington College. Describes his stay in Dresden where he has kept company with T. R. Glover's mother and sisters, been to concerts and the opera. Mentions Miss Bowden, the Mitchell sisters, and Hale.
Creator: John Savile Tucker.
4 p.; paper. |
Jan. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Sends a cheque with Glover's share of the profits from Whibley's book for which he provided an Index.
Creator: Leonard Whibley.
1 p; paper. |
27 Jan. 1891 |
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4
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Sends his condolences [on Glover's place in the contest for University Scholarships] and his hopes that the Tripos will redress the balance.
Creator: J. R. Tanner.
1 p.; paper. |
18 Feb. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his place in the contest for the University Scholarships.
Creator: James G. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
18 Feb 1891 |
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6
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his mention in the contest for University Scholarships.
Creator: Leonard Whibley.
1 p.; paper. |
18 Feb. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Informs Glover that the University of Edinburgh has decided to confer the degree of D.D. on his father. Asks for Mrs Glover's address in Dresden, as his wife and Annie are away from home so cannot provide him with it.
Creator: Richard Johnstone.
1 p.; paper. |
3 Mar. 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover.
Creator: Louis Tebbutt.
1 card; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson Prize. Sends some money. Requests a copy of the winning lines. Reports Aunt Mary's health.
Creator: James G. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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10
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Sends his congratulations.
Creator: Ernest T. Campagne.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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11
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Adds her congratulations to her husband's. Hopes that Glover's family will soon be returning to Westfield Park.
Creator: Eliza Campagne.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson Prize. Sends news of Glover's nephew.
Creator: Bessie Harwood.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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13
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Mildred Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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14
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Ida Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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15
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations on winning the Porson Prize.
Creator: John George Sowerby Muschamp.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Invites him to visit when he is next in Bristol.
Creator: Robert L. Leighton.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates him on winning the Porson Prize in a 'famine year' for John's.
Creator: Alfred S. Tetley.
1 card; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: J. S. Tucker.
1 card; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on being awarded the Porson Prize, and writing a winning Greek epigram. Mentions that his 'name has been bungled in the 'Times' on both occasions so he has asked the editor to put it right. Advises Glover to rest a little.
Creator: James G. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
12 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson Prize.
Creator: Mr Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Greek epigram prize. Requests a copy of the winning entry.
Creator: Arnold Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson Prize.
Creator: Julie Augusta Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winnng the Porson Prize. Asks after his progress in the Tripos, hoping that he has not got into one of his moods of 'dire self-questioning'.
Creator: Fred B. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his successes. Enquires whether he will see Glover in Clifton over the vacation.
Creator: Arthur J. Allen.
1 card; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on not being a poor son but a Porson Prizeman.
Creator: L. G. G.
1 card; paper. |
13 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his success, which they heard about from Samuel Wills. Reports that Mr Whitewright has returned from China with good news of Glover's father and Mr Morris. Enquires when his mother plans to return to Bristol.
Creator: Katie F. Robinson.
1 p.; paper. |
14 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his success which she heard about from Aunt Mary. Mentions her brothers.
Creator: Florence Moser.
1 p.; paper. |
14 Mar. 1891 |
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28
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Browne Medal. Informs him that the school will be having a day of holiday in celebration of his achieving the Porson Prize.
Creator: Robert L. Leighton.
1 p.; paper. |
14 Mar. 1891 |
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29
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his prizes.
Creator: Ethel M. Goodman.
1 card; paper. |
14 Mar. 1891 |
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30
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his successes.
Creator: G. Hibbert-Ware.
1 p.; paper. |
15 Mar. 1891 |
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31
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his Porson Prize.
Creator: Edwin Joseph Brookes.
1 p.; paper. |
15 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson and Greek epigram prizes. Asks some questions about Cambridge.
Creator: Alfred Wilkinson Dawes.
1 p.; paper. |
20 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson and Greek epigram prizes. Mentions Glover's father's D.D. from Edinburgh University. Berates him for not writing to her on her thirtieth birthday, as his mother did. Complains that she is alone in the house but for the cat. Recalls Lyne Holme, the tour of Edinburgh she gave to Bessie and Dorothy, and the tour of Bristol that Glover gave her. Asks whether he has read any of Fisher Unwin's novels. Mentions a conversation with Emily Garaway. Asks after Amy, Maud Sargent, and Aunt Janet Helen.
Creator: Annie Jones.
2 p.; paper. |
29 Mar. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on winning the Porson Prize.
Creator: John Greaves.
1 p.; paper. |
Mar. 1891-Apr. 1891 |
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35
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Requests a conversation regarding Glover's Porson Prize entry.
Creator: Henry Montague Butler.
1 p.; paper. |
29 Apr. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Requests a copy of the winning Porson entry, a competition which he entered himself.
Creator: Reginald Arthur Wolseley Whitestone.
1 p.; paper. |
Apr. 1891-May 1891 |
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37
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his First. Asks him to bring Mrs Glover and his sisters to tea in his rooms.
Creator: John Greaves.
1 p.; paper. |
11 June 1891 |
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38
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Autograph letter to T. R. Glover. Request a visit from Glover with his Porson exercise and his Greek Epigram.
Creator: Henry Montague Butler.
1 p.; paper. |
12 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Apologises for the blunder concerning the medals. Assures Glover that he has known the medal maker Mr L. C. Wyon for years and the matter will soon me put right. Congratulates him on his First in the Tripos.
Creator: Henry Montague Butler.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed. Congratulates Glover on his First.
Creator: Charles Edmund Haskins.
1 card; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his First. Mentions Edith. Expresses a wish to see Glover if he is in London.
Creator: Arnold Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his First in Part I of the Classical Tripos.
Creator: John Neville Keynes.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his First. Mentions Glover's father's safe return home.
Creator: Florence G. Keynes.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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44
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Mrs Sandys.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Thanks Glover for both telegrams. Expresses pleasure in all Glover's 'honours', and hopes that he will have cause to uses his 'powers' in his future career.
Creator: Richard Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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Autograph postcard to T. R. Glover. 'Am hoping to see you here on Wednesday p.m. Congratulations then, viva voce'.
Creator: Thomas Herbert Darlow.
1 card; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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Autograph card signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his Tripos results. Mentions a meeting with Glover for Tuesday.
Creator: Alfred John Wyatt.
1 card; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Reports that she took the news to Hillside Gardens, and 'father and mother have been regaling themselves upstairs with a bottle of champagne'.
Creator: Aunt Margaret.
1 p.; paper. |
20 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Invites him to stay with them. Reports that Arnold has just been 'called to the Bar'.
Creator: Edith H. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
21 June 1891 |
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Autograph notecard signed to T. R. Glover. Invites Glover to visit on Tuesday. Congratulates him.
Creator: Louise Glover.
1 card; paper. |
21 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on being amongst the first four in his Tripos. Gives a sermon on success based on his own experience of the Tripos, warning Glover against pride. Gives Sandy McAlister as an example of a great scholar. Referring to a previous conversation, advises Glover not to do anything rash 'this time' when he goes to Bristol.
Creator: Lewis G. Glover.
2 p.; paper. |
21 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: G. C. Moore Smith.
1 card; paper. |
21 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Hopes that he might be 'heavenly guided' in the use and application of his talents, and that he is planning to have a holiday.
Creator: James Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on reaching 'the high standard to which a college such as ours ought to attain'.
Creator: Lionel Graham Horton-Smith.
1 card; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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55
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Enquires whether he is going to visit.
Creator: John Saville Tucker.
1 card; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Mentions that she heard the news through her mother's letter which enclosed Dorothy's postcard to Amy. Imagines that he will stay at Cambridge University for Part II.
Creator: Emily Garaway.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: R. Allen.
1 card; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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58
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Autograph postcard signed to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Richard Johnstone.
1 card; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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59
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his position in the Tripos. Reports that Aleck Mursell remarked that it was just as well that Glover's father got his D.D. because it would not look well for Glover to be before him. Mentions an article in 'Christian World' that referred to Glover's Browne Medal and Porson Prize. Writes that he is going to Belgium in July because due to the McKinley Tariff trade at the Tin Plate works will be at a standstill.
Creator: Tom P. Parsons.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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60
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Henry Arnold Thomas.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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61
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Complains of the slowness of his current students.
Creator: Robert L. Leighton.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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62
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: James Livett Daniell.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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63
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Fred B. Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
22 June 1891 |
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64
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Hopes that his sisters enjoyed their visit to Cambridge.
Creator: Hunter Finlay Tod.
1 p.; paper. |
23 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover and asks him also to congratulate his father. Predicts that a fellowship at St John's for Glover is a certainty.
Creator: A. H. Doherty.
1 p.; paper. |
23 June 1891 |
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66
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his father's honours [his D.D.].
Creator: Robert L. Leighton.
1 p.; paper. |
24 June 1891 |
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67
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Believes that if Glover takes a 'real interest in history' there will be no doubt of the result of his Part II.
Creator: Leonard Whibley.
1 p.; paper. |
24 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover from the Stock Exchange, Glasgow. Congratulates Glover. Refers to the homecoming of his father. Sends news of Glover's Scotch relatives, including Bob's nasty accident with a log.
Creator: W. C. Finlay.
1 p.; paper. |
24 June 1891 |
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69
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: G. E. Lane.
1 p.; paper. |
25 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his successes, which she has heard of from Amy and read of in 'Christian World'. Reports that she is not well enough to go back to school at Clifton. Refers to Mr and Mrs Glover's homecoming, and Amy's hard study for her certificate. Asks whether Dorothy is still going to Mrs Badock's.
Creator: Grace M. Nixon.
1 p.; paper. |
25 June 1891 |
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ALS to Richard Glover, T. R. Glover's father, from Abingdon House, Hampstead. Congratulates Richard Glover on his son's success and expresses happiness in his safe return.
Creator: Henry Mason Bompas.
1 p.; paper. |
28 June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover, belatedly because he has had the flu. Predicts that Glover will be made a Fellow.
Creator: Henry Ormsby Hale.
1 p.; paper. |
29 June 1891 |
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73
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulations.
Creator: Louis Tebbutt.
1 p.; paper. |
June 1891 |
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74
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover on his success in the Classical Tripos. Mentions that Leighton will be pleased. Refers to G. A. Weekes' success. Informs Glover that his mother died after suffering with consumption for two years.
Creator: Alfred Wilkinson Dawes.
1 p.; paper. |
June 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Suggests that he join a party going into the slums and see for himself the 'homes! of the poor', then attend one or two of the missions in the evening. Sends his regards to Glover's uncle, who helped him to find funds for 'our school'.
Creator: W. Cuff.
1 p.; paper. |
1 July 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Congratulates Glover. Asks for news of his family. Mentions that in August she is going to stay with Arnold and Edith in the Highlands, and gives the address of their cottage.
Creator: Susan Glover.
1 p.; paper. |
19 July 1891 |
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Printed form from the University of Cambridge Financial Board to T. R. Glover. Encloses a cheque for the Porson Prize money.
Creator: Frederick Whitting.
1 p.; paper. |
23 Oct. 1891 |
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ALS to T. R. Glover. Has put Glover's poem to music. Fears he will be accused of 'dabbling'. Mentions that his workload at Wellington College has increased due to 'the breakdown of the Bursar'. Refers to the 'rough time' he had in Clifton. Discusses the effects their holiday together on the Arran moor. Reports that Gordon is to help Lewis Campbell at St Andrews. Mentions his stay in Glasgow with Glover's aunt, uncle and grandfather. Describes his one meeting with Mrs Archibald, and his visit to Glasgow University. Mentions that at Clifton he saw Hale and A. A. [Arther Allen].
Creator: John Saville Tucker.
1 p.; paper. |
1891 |
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