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Richardson, Samuel, (1689-1761), novelist

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Surname: Richardson
Forenames: Samuel
Gender: Male
Date: 1689-1761
Biography: ODNB link for Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761) Novelist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P137587 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24219 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Samuel Richardson
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1748-62: corresp (c850 items)
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster

See Index of English Literary MSS vol 3
2
1747-59: letters (7)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
MS Eng 759
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
3
1720-30: account books
The National Archives
C105/5
4
1757-58: corresp with Anne Meades (copies)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 28097
5
1738-60: letters to Thomas Birch
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 4317
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6
1734-42: letters (82) from G Cheyne
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La III 356
7
1748-56: corresp with Thomas Edwards
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Bodl 1007-12
8
letters and literary drafts
Rice University: Woodson Research Center
See NUC 93-1115