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Besant, Sir Walter, 1836-1901 (Knight and novelist)

 Person

Biography

Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), knight; novelist

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Jessie, Lady Anderson: Letters of her Family and Friends

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7649
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters from distinguished persons, preserved as part of an autograph collection by Lady Anderson, wife of Sir Hugh Anderson. About half are to the Anderson family, the rest were acquired from friends. They are arranged alphabetically within each group by writer.

Dates: 1796-1954
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Letter from Sir Walter Besant, 30 Oct. 1887

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9281/5
Scope and Contents

'Sorry to seem churlish', but unable to address Aves' discussion

Dates: 30 Oct. 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Letter from W. Besant to E.B. Cowell, 11 Dec. 1901

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6377/397
Dates: 11 Dec. 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Letter from Walter Besant to E.B. Cowell, 23 Nov. 1882

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6377/201
Dates: 23 Nov. 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Letter from Walter Besant to John Willis Clark, 1 Aug. 1893

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/12
Scope and Contents

Just arrived back from America

Dates: 1 Aug. 1893
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Sir Walter Besant: Correspondence to G.W. Eccles and C.F. Gordon-Cumming, 1871-1885

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/102-103
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1871-1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Walter Besant: Katie [Katharine Regina], Undated (published 1887)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10219
Scope and Contents

Autograph manuscript. Twelve chapters, corresponding to chapters I-XIII of the twenty chapters in Besant’s 'Katharine Regina'. With an inscription from Besant to 'A. S. Watt' (Alexander Strahan Watt).

Dates: Undated (published 1887)

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