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Collection Summary
Biographical Note
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Arrangement
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I: Correspondence 1874-1894
Series II: Correspondence, undated
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Guide to the Joanna and Susan Horner Letters, 1847-1894
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Joanna and Susan Horner Letters |
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Dates: |
1847-1894 |
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Abstract: |
Correspondents writing to the Ms.
Horners include Ellen Kean, F. Maurice, Harriet Hosmer, C.P. Marsh, E. Ryan, H.H.
Hilman, Sir James Hudson, Rose Kingsley, Sir H.E. Bunbury, Francis Cobbe, and Sir
James Clark. The letters deal with Walks in Florence, Italian affairs, and refer to
Eastlake, the Lyells, Royalties, Froude and more. Included is one letter to Leonard
Horner from Lord Landsdowne. |
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Identification: |
MS 134 |
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Quantity: |
1 folder |
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Materials are in
English. |
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Repository: |
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University, Houston, TX |
Joanna Horner (born 1823) and Susan Horner (1816-1900) were daughters of Leonard
Horner (1785-1864), a geologist and social reformer, co-founder of the Edinburg
Review and politician. Both were writers on Italian subjects and co-authored Walks
in Florence and its Environs (London,1873). Among Susan Horner’s works is A Century
of Despotism in Naples and Sicily (Edinburg, 1860). Their eldest sister, Mary, (born
1809) was married to the geologist Charles Lyell. Both Joanna and Susan remained
unmarried.
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Correspondents writing to the Ms. Horners include Ellen Kean, F. Maurice, Harriet
Hosmer, C.P. Marsh, E. Ryan, H.H. Hilman, Sir James Hudson, Rose Kingsley, Sir H.E.
Bunbury, Frances Cobbe, and Sir James Clark. The letters deal with Walks in
Florence, Italian affairs, and refer to Eastlake, the Lyells, Royalties, Froude,
etc. Included is one letter to Leonard Horner from Lord Landsdowne.
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Arrangement |
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These letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the
correspondent. |
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Restrictions on Access
This material is open for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from the Joanna and Susan Horner Letters must be obtained from
the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
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Guide to the Joanna and Susan Horner Letters, 1847-1894, MS 134, Woodson Research
Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Purchased from Myers (dealer), May 1958..
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Series I: Correspondence 1874-1894 |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, March 18, 1847 |
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Unknown to Joanna Horner, May 8, 1849 |
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H.H. Hilman to Susan Horner, February 19, 1850 |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, July 11, 1856 |
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Unknown to Ms. Horner, June 25, 1857 |
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Obituary and Funeral Notice Re: Sir Henry Edward Bunbury. Bury
Post, April 17 and 24, 1860 |
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Unknown (Bishop of London?) to Ms. Horner, March 5,
1864 |
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George Marsh? To Ms. Horner, June 7, 1867 |
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E. Ryan to Ms. Horner, September 28, 1872 |
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E. Ryan to Ms. Horner, May 9, 1873 |
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Unknown (E. Ryan?) to Ms. Horner, June 30, 1873 (letter
incomplete) |
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E. Ryan to Ms. Horner, April 21, 1874 |
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James Hudson to Madam (Ms. Horner), May 11 1874 |
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E. Ryan to Ms. Horner, March 4, 1875 |
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Unknown to unknown, March 7, 1875 (letter incomplete) |
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Unknown to Ms. Horner, March 13, 1875 |
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Unknown (cannot read) to Ms. Horner, June 25, 1875(?) |
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Sir George Treurlyan(?) to Ms. Horner, January 11,
1878 |
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James Hudson to Ms. Horner, April 30,1878 |
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H.H. Hilman to Susan Horner, May (?), 1881 |
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Blanch Willis Howard to unknown, November 16, 1881 (letter
incomplete) |
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Sir James Clark to Susan Horner, November 23, 1882 |
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Susan Horner to unknown, May 15, 1885 |
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Rose Kingsley to Miss Horner, September 4, 1894 |
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Series II: Correspondence, undated |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, January 21, (year not given, but
1860 or earlier) |
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James Hudson to Ms. Horner, March 3, (year not given) |
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Ellen Kean to Ms. Horner, March 23, (year not given) |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, March 30, (year not
given) |
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F. Maurice to Ms. Horner, May 28, (year not given) |
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Unknown to Ms. Horner, June 2, (year not given) |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, July 16, (year not
given) |
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Lord Landsdowne to Leonard Hunter, July 27, (year not
given) |
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H.E. Bunbury to Susan Horner, September 7, (year not
given) |
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Francis Cobbe to Ms. Horner, October 4, (year not
given) |
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Harriet Hosmer to Ms. Horner, March 8, (year not
given) |
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Harriet Hosmer to Ms. Horner, no date |
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Harriet Hosmer to Ms. Horner, no date |
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