A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection Blackmore, Richard Doddridge. 5257-ak

A Guide to the Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection

A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 5257-ak

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

5257-ak

Title

Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection 1896

Extent

1 item

Collector

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Richard Doddridge Blackmore Collection, Accession 5257-ak, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on December 18, 1989.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Item Listing

Richard Doddridge Blackmore to "My dear Master Stoughton," a young boy who has asked for his opinion on collecting autographs

1896 Apr 23

ALS, 1 p.

He writes that the collecting of autographs is more interesting than that of "stamps & sundry other objects" but that it leads young people toward taking liberties as he receives several requests each week