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Trollope Family Papers

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Letters, manuscripts and literary miscellany


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Title: Trollope Family Papers, 1830-1912Add to your cart.

Creator: Trollope, Anthony

Extent: 0.6 Cubic Feet

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Letters, journals, unpublished literary works of Anthony Trollope and other members of the Trollope family.

The manuscripts include a diary, 1872; 10 letters to H. M. Trollope; 19 letters to Anthony from Cardinal Newman, Henry Taylor, etc; manucript poems; notes on reading; bibliography for and statement of principles concerning his projected (but never written) history of literature, and a packet of papers endorsed by him "The Story of the Tailor's Money" -- apparently the source for a novel plot.

Among the works of Mrs. Frances Trollope are included: <i>Salmagundi--aliena-1834</i>, endorsed by Anthony, <i>My mother's lines on the burial of Lord Byron's Illegitimate Daughter</i>, some 61 eight-line stanzas, unpublished; 34 pp. unpublished manuscript endorsed by Anthony, <i>My mother's journal of a visit to La Grange</i>; 54 pp. unpublished manuscript endorsed by Anthony, <i>and the Righteous Rout by her</i>, evidently a comedy; three shorter manuscripts and some letters.

The collection also includes letters and journals of Rose, Harry, and Thomas Adolphus Trollope, the wife, son, and brother of Anthony.

The final part of the collection is Anthony Trollope's accounts of his transactions with his son Fred, who emigrated early in life to Australia, and 26 letters from Fred (1872-1890), to Anthony, Rose, and Harry.

Biographical Note

Born the fourth of six surviving children of Thomas Anthony Trollope, a barrister and Frances (Milton) Trollope, on April 24, 1815, in London. Had a very unhappy childhood due to poverty and debt. Could not afford to go to university, and found employment with the Post Office from 1834 to 1867. Married Rose Heseltine in June 1844, and had two sons, Frederick and Henry. Died December 6, 1882, as the result of a stroke, in London.

Wrote 47 novels and five volumes of short stories, as well as travel books, biographies, and collections of sketches. His works offer an unsurpassed portrait of the professional and landed classes of Victorian England. In his Autobiography (published posthumously in 1883) Trollope describes the self-discipline that enabled his prolific output: he would produce a given number of words per hour in the early morning, before work; he always wrote while travelling by rail or sea and as soon as he finished one novel, he began another. His efforts resulted in him becoming one of England's most successful and popular writers. His mother Frances was also a successful writer.

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Series 1: Letters, manuscripts and literary miscellany, 1847-1912Add to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: From: Arbuthnot, L.? To: Gordon, George Huntley., March 12, 1864Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Gordon, George Died 1868/12/27 age 72
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 2: From: Atheneum Club: Millais, J. E.?, Pollack, W.? To: Trollope, Rose Heseltine., 1882-1883Add to your cart.
3 ALS
Other Information: Concerning a bust of Milton donated to the Atheneum by Rose Trollope. See: Millais, J. E.? and Pollack, W.?
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 3: From: Bennett, W. C. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1883Add to your cart.
1 ALS, 1 Document
Other Information: Concerning a bust of Longfellow for Westminister Abby. W. Bennett is probably Wm. Cox Bennett 1820-1895.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 4: From: Berthoud, Charles. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1878-1879Add to your cart.
2 AL
Other Information: Concerning a translation into French of The Warden.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 5: From: Manners, John. To: Trollope, Rose Heseltine., 1882Add to your cart.
1 ALS, 1 Document
Other Information: See: Manners-Sitton, John Henry Thomas and Manner, Lord John. Cross reference: Canterbury, John Henry (Thomas Manners-Sitton, Viscount)
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 6: From: Chapman, Fred. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1875Add to your cart.
3 ALS
Other Information: Vertue, Jan Spren 1829-92 and see: Harding.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 7: From: Clemens, Jenny. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1879Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: English teacher in East Prussia asks permission to translate "Christmas at Thompson Hall."
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 8: From: Collins, William Lucas. To: Trollope, Mrs., 1883Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Addressed to Mrs. Trollope thanking for letter and photograph.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 9: From: Davenport, Bromley., 1853Add to your cart.
2 MS
Other Information: 2 poems, Dream of an Old Metonian and Lowesby Hall.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 10: From: De , Ch. Bernard?, 1878Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Making arrangements for public, of all weeks in Paris.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/09
Folder 11: From: Gordon, George Huntley, 1796-1868., 1863Add to your cart.
5 ALS, 1 ENV used as a folder
Other Information: Congratulating Trollope's description of "North America". Mentions need for increasing postage.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 12: From: Locker, Arthur. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1879Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Discusses reprinting of Thompson Hill [Christmas at Thompson Hall first published at Graphic Xmas no.1876]
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 13: From: Haliburton, W.?. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1854Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Offers letters of introduction if Trollope, Anthony goes to Halifax.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 14: From: Harding, H.?. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1877Add to your cart.
2 ALS
Other Information: Concerning a trust for Mrs. Fred Chapman. Authorization for Harding to convert Egyptian bonds, belonging to Mrs. Fred Chapman's trust.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 15: From: Lethbridge, William. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1879Add to your cart.
2 ALS
Other Information: Rights for translation and money belongs to Trollope, Anthony to translate "Vicar of Bellhampton"
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 16: From: Lucas, Charles?. To: Trollope, Thomas Adolphus., 1871Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Search for distant relative helped by checking settlement of George? who married a Trollope.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 17: From: Mallet, Bernard. To: Austin, Alfred., June 9, 1857Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: f100 a year to Mrs. A. Trollope. [sealed with First Lord of the Treasury on paper]
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 18: From: Oldham, R.S. (Richard Samuel). To: Trollope, Anthony., 1879Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Concerns a proposal to write for the S.P.C.K.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 19: From: Oliphant, Laurence. To: Trollope, Anthony.Add to your cart.
1 ALS, 1 ENV
Other Information: Concerning the moral tone of some tales published in the London Review.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 20: From: Robinson, ?. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1875Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Act as attorney for Trollope to assume up to f7000 liability for son. Letterhead: Government House, Sydney.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/10
Folder 21: From: Royal Literary Fund: Blewitt, O. To: Trollope, Anthony., May 29, 1877Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Dinner presided over by Kings of Belgians and was largest of its history.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 22: From: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: Mc Clure, Edmund & Oldham, Richard Samuel. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1879Add to your cart.
2 ALS
Other Information: Anthony Trollope's proposal of having eminent writers writing a set of letters on social subjects.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 23: From: Spalding, Samuel. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1881Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Agreement to hand over Dickens documents.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 24: From: Taylor, Henry, Sir. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1868Add to your cart.
2 ALS
Other Information: Concerning a MS. novel and poem.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 25: From: Ternan, W. L. To: Trollope, Frances Ternan., May 20, 1871Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Frances Ternan Trollope is second wife of T. Adolphus Trollope.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 26: From: Thompson, H. To: Trollope, Anthony.Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Apologizing for being busy on (Feb.16.)
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 27: From: Treumann, Bertha. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1878Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Asks for permission to make a German translation of work on Sourth Africa. Asks if "Miss Mackenzie" has been translated.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 28: From: Trollope, Anthony [docs - A] 1815-1882. To: Trollope, Anthony., 1865Add to your cart.
11 Documents, 4 ENV, 4 Fragments, 1 ALS, 1 AN, 1 AL 1 Clipping, 2 MS
Other Information: Notes: Refer to 1 Diary transferred to Rose Heseltine Trollope file.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 29: From: Trollope, Anthony [letters] 1815-1882. To: Oldham, R. S., Spalding and Hodge, Trollope, Harry., 1846-1882Add to your cart.
10 ALS, 1 MS
Other Information: See: Berthoud, Charles. The MS is a journal, July-Aug. 1872 working notes, "History of literature."
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 30: From: Trollope, Charles. To: Trollope, Thomas Adolphus., October 26, 1847Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Letter announces intended marriage of his brother, John, to the eldest daughter of Robert Shiffield of Lincolnshire.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 31: From: Trollope, Frances, 1780-1863., 1843-1857Add to your cart.
2 ALS, 2 ALS copies, 4 MS
Other Information: 4 MS are Salmagundi--aliena-1834, Righteous Rout, Meeting of the Friends of Mutation and A Receipt to Make a Vulgus.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 32: From: Trollope, Frederick James Anthony. To: Trollope, Anthony, Rose, and Henry., 1872-1886Add to your cart.
27 ALS, 4 Documents
Other Information: 4 documents are Anthony Trollope's transactions with his son Fred and a bond. 8 letters to father, Anthony, 16 letters to mom, Rose and 2 letters to brother Henry.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 33: From: Trollope, Gordon C. (Clavering), 1885-. To: Trollope, Rose?., March 8, 1912Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Appreication for check and announcing his engagement to Mary Blacket of Sydney.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 34: From: Trollope, George. To: Trollope, Thomas Adolphus., May 20, 1871Add to your cart.
2 ALS
Other Information: Genealogical information about great grandfather Thomas Trollope.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 35: From: Trollope, Rose [Heseltine]., 1844-1875Add to your cart.
1 Document, 1 MS, 3 leather holders
Other Information: See: Note in Trollope, Anthony's file. MS is Rose Heseltine Trollope's Diary 1844-1875. 1 Document is her passport.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 36: From: Trollope, Thomas Aldophus, 1810-1892. To: Trollope, Anthony, Harry and Rose., 1860-1892Add to your cart.
115 ALS
Other Information: 2 Letters to Anthony Trollope, 1 letter to Rose Trollope and 112 letters to nephew Harry Trollope.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 37: From: Trollope, Wm Henry., 1871Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Letter is in regard to the death of a Trollope, Wm Henry Trollope's eldest brother. Letterhead:Brickworth House, Salisbury.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 38: Trollope Family., 1892-1924Add to your cart.
3 Clippings, 8 MS, 2 ENV used as wraps
Other Information: Trollope genealogy information.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11
Folder 39: Trollope Family (possibly G. F. T.).Add to your cart.
1 ALS
Other Information: Trollope family history.
Date Inputted: 1999/03/11

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