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Ainsworth, William Harrison, (1805-1882), novelist

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Surname: Ainsworth
Forenames: William Harrison
Gender: Male
Date: 1805-1882
Biography: ODNB link for Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805-1882), novelist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P152775 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P260 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Harrison Ainsworth
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and literary MSS
Princeton University Library
CO171
See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
2
1829-80: corresp (58 items)
University of Iowa Libraries: Special Collections
See NUC MS 72-169
3
1822-34: corresp and papers
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
BR 928.23 A6
NRA 13262 Manchester
4
1828-1912: corresp, journals, literary MSS and papers
Huntington Library
See Guide to literary MSS 1979
5
1834-68: agreements with and letters to R Bentley etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 46612-18, 46649-52
6
letters to James Crossley etc
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
NRA 18685 Manchester Cent L
7
1846-73: letters, as sponsor, to the Royal Literary Fund
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Loan no.96
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8
1843: letters to William Scott
Science and Industry Museum
YA1996.10/12
NRA 13215
9
1825-1878: papers from the Joseph Hunt collection
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
2007/028
See Annual Return 2007
10
1836: (copy) letters to John Macrone and others
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 1138 1