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- 1946-1959 (Creation)
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Typed transcript, 46 ff., in card covers (front cover detached), numbered 1-32. Typed and MS letters pinned together with butterfly clip, 25 ff., numbered 33-50. 1 loose MS letter, 1 ss.
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Prepared for Sir Charles Tennyson from the originals at Wellesley College in 1946-1947
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Transcripts and accompanying correspondence deposited by Sir Charles Tennyson, Oct. 1948; letter from Vail Motter to C. R. Dodwell received Nov. 1959.
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Transcripts include letter from Emily Sellwood [later wife of Alfred Tennyson] to Emily Tennyson, and transcripts of notes by Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt Jesse. With correspondence between Sir Charles Tennyson, Hannah D. French (Research Librarian at Wellesley College), T. H. Vail Motter, and two librarians of Trinity, H. M. Adams and C. R. Dodswell.
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Original letters at Wellesley College, bound as ' "Love Letters from A.H. Hallam to Emily Tennyson, 1831-1833'.
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- Hallam, Arthur Henry (1811-1833), poet and essayist (Subject)
- Jesse, Emilia (1811-1887) née Tennyson, sister of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Subject)
- Tennyson, Sir Charles Bruce Locker (1879-1977) knight, civil servant (Subject)
- Motter, Thomas Hubbard Vail (1901-1970) writer (Subject)
- French, Hannah Dustin (1907-1993), librarian (Subject)
- Dodwell, Charles Reginald (1922-1994), art historian and librarian (Subject)
- Tennyson, Emily Sarah (1813-1896), secretary and manager for her husband, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson (Subject)
- Jesse, Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt (1853-1927), clergyman (Subject)
- Adams, Herbert Mayow (1893-1985), librarian (Subject)