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Part 2-- Rhoda Broughton’s Manuscript Letters by Recipient (115 items) (If available,
Mooney’s transcripts and notations are placed behind the plastic folders holding
Broughton’s letters.) I, II, III, etc. = box no. 1, 2, 3, etc. = folder no.
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Box-- Folder Date Recipient Content/Comments RB’s Address
II-1 1890 Sept 11 RB to herself Grocery list, menu, guest list? Worcester, Oxford
II-1 n.d. ? Scrap with Rhoda Broughton’s signature  
II-2 ---- M ay 23 Beeching, Henry

(Dean of Norwich)

 RB says his friend Mr. Rathbone had called on her and she liked him very much and wishing Mr. Beeching could come up from Mickail. 2 ms. pp. 27 Holywell, Oxford

 
II-3 1911 Jan 22 (postmarked 1911 Jan 23) Belloc, Hillaire RB thanks him for his "charming" book and comments on what interesting people he has known & written about. She mentions George Eliot, the Howitts, a Miss Homer & Mrs. Proctor from his book.
4 ms. pp.		 18 Eaton Mansion, Sloane Square, London, SW
II-4 1891 Dec 18 Bentley, Richard "For my last short story you gave me L50 with permissions to republish if I wished. Do you feel inclined to repeat these terms?"
2 ms. pp.		 1 Mansfield Place, Richmond Hill, SW
II-4 1888 Jan 16 Bentley, Richard RB declines "to let my [her] portrait appear in your journal." 1 ms. p. Holywell, Oxford
II-4 1892 May 4 Bentley, Richard "you are welcome to fill in the blanks with any names..." 1 ms. p. 1 Mansfield Place, Richman Hills, SW
II-4 ---- Dec 4 Bentley, Richard Regarding a short story "Was She Mad?" RB states that she would like it returned if she still has the rights to it.
2 ms. pp.		 1 Mansfield Place, Richman, Surrey
II-5 ---- Sept 3 Boyle RB invites Mrs. Boyle & Miss Parker to tea.
1 ms. p. 		Mansfield Place, Richmond Hill, Surrey
II-6 ---- Sept 30 Brackenbury, Priscilla RB asks Mr. & Mrs. Brackenbury to remember their promise to spend a day with her in Oxford. & says she would be delighted if Lady Russell would come also.
2 ms. pp. 		27 Holywell, Oxford

 
II-7 1883 Apr 18 Daniel RB has found Mr. Daniel’s pretty Bridge book. She has not begun to "grapple"? with Gargantua (probably refers to Promethius the Firegiver).
2 ms. pp.		 27 Holywell, Oxford

 

 
II-7 1903 May 15 or later Daniel Mr. Daniel became provost in 1903. He is the Daniel of the Daniel Press.
3 ms. pp. 		River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-7 1907 June 9 Daniel RB expresses regret at receiving the invitation to Mrs. Daniel’s daughter’s wedding just as she was leaving Florence for Paris
3 ms. pp.		 Written from a hotel in Paris

 
II-7 ---- Feb 4 Daniel She thanks Daniel for the bookplate & invites him to tea to see her new acquisition.
2 ms. pp.		 27 Holywell, Oxford
II-7 ---- May 27 Daniel Letter edged in black thanking Mrs. Daniel for her expressed sorrow at the death of Mr. Broughton’s sister & saying she must now take up the problems of life without her sister.
2 ms. pp.		 1 Mansfield Place, Richmond Hill, SW
II-7 ---- May 26 Daniel RB expresses regret that she could not accept Mrs. Daniel’s invitation to a garden party.
3 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-7 ---- Dec 23 Daniel RB is off to Wales. She thanks Daniel for "looking up about Stratford" [?] and for the bookplates he sent.
2 ˝ ms. pp.		 27 Holywell, Oxford
II-7 n.d. Daniel (Provost of Worcester College, Oxford) Literary references to Tate, Dryden, Scott, etc. "As to the Laureateship, with a few exceptions what a patent of mediocrity it has been!"
3 ms. pp.		 1 Mansfield Place, Richmond, Surrey
II-8 ---- Feb 14 Fielder RB says that she would be hoping for a visit with Mrs. Fielder who was living close by.
1 ˝ ms. pp.		 83, Cromwell Road, SW

 
II-9 1902 Aug 12 Hiatt, Charles "I was not born in Shropshire. Yours faithfully."
Postcard		 Oxford
II-10   Lowndes, Marie Belloc Moody’s list of Loundes’ works  
II-10 1911 Apr 23 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Short stories do better than novels
3 ms. pp.		 The White House, 1 Higher Terrace, Torquay
II-10 1911 Sept 30 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB hopes to see Lowndes in London
3 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1911 Oct 13 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB praises Lowndes’ children 3 ms. pp. 99, Cadogen Gardens, S.W.
II-10 1913 Mar 10 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "Finished your stories," They gave pleasure. RB’s glad Lowndes got to meet Henry James
3 ms. pp.		 99, Cadogen Gardens, S.W.
II-10 1913 Sept 5 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB likes Lowndes’ novel, THE LODGER
3 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1913 Sept 9 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Henry James is waiting to read THE LODGER, sorry about all the illness among the Lowdnes.
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford

 
II-10 1913 Oct 2 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "thank you for…your imposing looking EMPRESS FREDERIC"
3 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1913 Oct 9 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Re: Loundes’ Empress Frederic. RB comments on Bismarck & Albert
4 ms. pp.		 River View Headington, Hill, Oxford
II-10 1914 Dec 5 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Re: Henry James, Hugh Walpole
4 ms. pp.		 River View Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1915 July 20 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Re: Lloyd George et. al.
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 July 24 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is glad Lowndes is going to Scotland. She laments British losses in WW I.
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 Aug 3 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Lowndes’ ANNA "brilliant debut in the U.S.A."
2 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 Aug 18 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Chitchat/gossip
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 Sept 15 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Henry James is "by choice…an Englishman."
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 Sept 25 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is glad that "Westminster was not one of the Raided Districts"
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1916 Nov 8 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is glad Lowndes & Mrs. Hansborough can come for tea
3 ms. pp.		 99, Cadogen Gardens, S.W.
II-10 1917 May 21 Lowndes, Marie Belloc War affairs
2 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1917 May 25 Lowndes, Marie Belloc War restrictions make travel difficult. Gossip on homefront
2 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1917 Whit Tues. May/June Lowndes, Marie Belloc More rumors of war
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Mar 10 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Trading limericks River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 Apr 1 Lowndes, Marie Belloc War, their current works
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 Apr 3 Lowndes, Marie Belloc War news, "miraculous" that Charles survived attack River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 Apr 6 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Their correspondence is proof of friendship, hopes Lowndes is well again.
2 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 May 6 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB hopes Lowndes "could get quite fit again
2 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 May 11 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Various social chatter. RB hopes again Lowndes is well
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1918 May 25 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is dying to hear Lowndes "Asquithiana."
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Sept 7 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB talks of Lowndes’ "Scotch visits.
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Sept 12 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is sorry Lowndes’ nephew is missing,. Gloom over war losses
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Oct 10 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "Your ‘Thriller’ arrived." "After 4 dreadful years" of war,"Hope & Joy."
4 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Oct 28 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "Bless you…for a long letter, full of ‘Plums’!"
4 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Nov 9 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB "can hardly breathe between the tremendous happenings that every hour now brings!"
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Nov 24 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB hopes Charles not infected by "filthy, verminous Germans."
3 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Nov 28 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB asks how Lowndes uses her surrounding in writings.
8 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1918 Dec 17 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "tame election here"
4 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1919 Jan 7 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB is glad Lowndes escaped a fall with only bruises.
4 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1919 Apr 3 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "Mr. Lowndes’ gloomy tone about the Peace Conference—ironical name."
6 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1919 May 4 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Lowndes’ Charles off to fighting again. " Hellish Bolsheviks"
4 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 1919 Aug 11 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB appreciates current works of Lowndes et al.
6 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1919 Oct 11 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB wants to hear Charles has arrived all right.
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 1920 Mar 11 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB asks Lowndes to have tea with her & Mrs. Tower
2 ms. pp.		 9 St. L.T.
II-10 ---- Jan 13 Lowndes, Marie Belloc RB hopes illness is not keeping Lowndes "silent."
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 ---- July 3 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "your dear affectionate note"
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 ----Aug 18 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "Thank you for your Type Itinerary"
4 ms. pp. 		River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-10 ----Aug 29 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "I grieve…that Modern Novels…slide off my intellectualism? Memory."
6 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford

 
II-10 ----Oct 16 Lowndes, Marie Belloc "These are roses sent you by my American friend"
2 ms. pp.		 Delverne, Farnham, Surrey
II-10 ----Dec 9 Lowndes, Marie Belloc Lowndes’ "optimism" in spite of adversity
4 ms. pp.		 River View, Headington Hill, Oxford
II-11 ----July 4 Lytton RB hopes to reach Knebworth tomorrow at Lady Lytton’s invitation.
1 ms. p.		  
II-12 ---- Sept 2 Montefiore RB thanks M. for "Your most interesting cutting from the TIMES…."
4 ms. pp.		 Ufford Place, Woodbridge
II-13   Myers, F.W. RB expresses her deep regret at returning home to find that Mr. Myers had been to call on her. This letter is in the original envelope postmarked July 7.
3 ms. pp.		 Weald Hall, Brentwood

 
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