Scope and Contents: Letters, journals, unpublished literary works of Anthony Trollope and other members of the Trollope family.
The manuscripts include a diary, 1872; 10 letters to H. M. Trollope; 19 letters to Anthony from Cardinal Newman, Henry Taylor, etc; manucript poems; notes on reading; bibliography for and statement of principles concerning his projected (but never written) history of literature, and a packet of papers endorsed by him "The Story of the Tailor's Money" -- apparently the source for a novel plot.
Among the works of Mrs. Frances Trollope are included: Salmagundi--aliena-1834, endorsed by Anthony, My mother's lines on the burial of Lord Byron's Illegitimate Daughter, some 61 eight-line stanzas, unpublished; 34 pp. unpublished manuscript endorsed by Anthony, My mother's journal of a visit to La Grange; 54 pp. unpublished manuscript endorsed by Anthony, and the Righteous Rout by her, evidently a comedy; three shorter manuscripts and some letters.
The collection also includes letters and journals of Rose, Harry, and Thomas Adolphus Trollope, the wife, son, and brother of Anthony.
The final part of the collection is Anthony Trollope's accounts of his transactions with his son Fred, who emigrated early in life to Australia, and 26 letters from Fred (1872-1890), to Anthony, Rose, and Harry.
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