Publisher’s Query

A checklist of all recorded letters written by or to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning is found at The Brownings: A Research Guide (www.browningguide.org).

If you know of other letters, please share that information with us by e-mail to the editors.

We are also interested in the present location of these Browning letters:

Aberdare, Lady. Letter from RB. 26 May 1881.

Aberdeen, Lady. Letter from RB. 23 May 1885.

Adams, William Davenport. Letter from RB. 6 October 1877.

Agati, Dendy. Letter from RB. 17 February 1873.

Aid้, Charles Hamilton. Letter from RB. 19 June 1879.

Alford, Marion. Letter from RB. 24 September 1869.

Alma-Tadema, Laura Teresa. Letter from RB. 6 February 1878.

Appleton, B.B. Letter from RB. [mid-July 1861].

Arnold, Edwin. Letter to RB. 23 July 1873.

Arnold, Edwin. Letter from RB. 2 July 1886.

Astley, Miss. Letter from RB. 22 April 1887.

Balfour of Burleigh, Lady. Letter from RB. 11 June 1886.

Bancroft, Lady. Letter to RB. 3 July [1888].

Barnand, Arthur. Letter from RB. 9 June 1883.

Bell, Mrs. Letter from RB. 25 January 1887.

Bennett, William Cox. Letter from EBB. 5 July 1840.

Bennett, William Cox. 3 letters from RB. 1882–83.

Bernard-Beere, Fannie M. Letter from RB. 22 March 1884.

Bethell, Augusta. Letter from RB. 14 April 1872.

Blagden, Isa. 2 letters from RB. 27 March [1860] & 21 November 1860.

Blau, Henry. Letter to RB. [1884].

Blundell, Bezer. Letter from RB. 11 May 1864.

Bordman, Eleanor Page. Letter from EBB. July 1836.

Boughton, Katherine. 3 letters from RB. 1882–84.

Boyd, Hugh Stuart. Letter from EBB. 18 November 1842.

Boyd, Hugh Stuart. 130 letters to EBB. 1827–35.

Boyle, Mary Louisa. Letter from EBB. [7 September 1847].

Bradley, Marian. 2 letters from RB. 22 June 1886 & 16 June 1887.

Bridell, Eliza Fox. Letter from RB. 27 July 1871.

Browning, Louisa. Letter from RB. 20 March 1872.

Browning, Oscar. Letter from RB. 3 June 1875.

Browning, Reuben. Letter from EBB. 15 June 1861.

Browning, Reuben. 8 letters from RB. 1859–79.

Browning, Robert Barrett. Letter from RB. 1 May 1874.

Browning, Robert Jardine. Letter to RB. 1884.

Budden, Ada L. 2 letters from RB. 22 February 1879 & 28 June 1879.

Burnand, F.C. Letter from RB. 27 April 1886.

Burr, Margaretta. Letter from RB. June 1864.

Busk, Ellen. Letter from RB. 16 January 1878.

Caillard, Camille. 2 letters from RB. [ca. mid-February 1843] & [27 June 1845].

Carlyle, Mary. Letter to RB. [6 February 1881].

Carlyle, Thomas. 2 letters to RB. 13 April 1843 & 8 February 1845.

Carnarvon, Lord. Letter from RB. 25 May 1879.

Cartwright, Wanda. Letter from RB. 3 June 1879.

Cartwright, William Cornwallis. 2 letters from RB. 24 February 1865 & 1 July 1868.

Castle, Margaret Egerton. 2 letters from RB. 24 February 1878 & 7 May 1878.

Chambers, Mr. Letter from RB. 1888.

Chapman, Frederic. Letter from RB. 27 May 1868.

Childers, Mrs. Letter from RB. 26 April 1888.

Chorley, Henry Fothergill. Letter from RB. 12 February 1861.

Coddington, Almira Haxton. Letter from RB. [?November 1872].

Colburn, Henry. Letter from EBB. [July 1822].

Colvile, Lady. 2 letters from RB. 18 April 1869 & 18 March 1886.

Colvin, Sidney. 5 letters from RB. 1877–88.

Combermere, Lady. Letter from RB. 23 November 1870.

Cook, Keningale. Letter from RB. [early February] 1879.

Cooke, Willis. Letter from RB. 14 May 1888.

Courtenay, Louisa Bithia. Letter from EBB. [23 November 1853].

Courtenay, Louisa Bithia. Letter from RB. [?10 May] [1862].

de Chatelain, Chevalier. 2 letters from RB. 23 March 1867 & 10 February 1880.

Dilke, Lady. Letter from RB. 29 January 1873.

Drew, Mary Gladstone. Letter from RB. 18 January 1888.

Duff-Gordon, Georgianna Catherine. 3 letters from RB. 12 March, 1 May, & 12 June 1880.

Eastwick, William Joseph. Letter from RB. 6 February 1866.

Edinburgh, University of. Letter to RB. [February] 1884.

Egerton, Lady. Letter from RB. 5 March 1867.

Elborough, Miss. Letter from RB. 24 January 1881.

Eliot, George. 2 letters to RB. 24 March 1864 & 16 February 1874.

Enoch, Frederick. Letter from RB. 8 April 1869.

Farrar, Maud. Letter from RB. 27 July 1881.

Finch, Jamesina Wynne. Letter from RB. 9 January 1871.

FitzGerald, Elizabeth Purefoy. Letter from RB. 7 July 1888.

FitzGerald, Mary Frances Purefoy. Letter from RB. 19 March 1881.

Foote, G.W. Letter from RB. 16 February 1878.

Ford, Mary. Letter from RB. 27 January 1871.

Forman, Alma Murray. Letter to RB. 9 October 1887.

Forman, Harry Buxton. Letter from RB. 30 March 1881.

Forster, Eliza Ann. Letter from RB. [ca. 1866].

Forster, Elizabeth Marie. Letter from RB. 27 February 1878.

Forster, John. Letter from RB. 29 April 1862.

Frith, Mrs. Letter from RB. 4 July 1888.

Furnivall, Frederick James. 2 letters from RB. 18 November 1881 & 26 December 1881.

Gallenga, Antonio. Letter from EBB. [?14] [March 1859].

Gallenga, Antonio. Letter to RB. [February 1887].

Galton, Arthur. Letter from RB. 27 December 1886.

Galton, Arthur. Letter to RB. [ca. 1887].

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Letter to EBB. 15 December 1853.

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Letter to RB. Date unknown.

Gilchrist, Alexander. Letter to RB. 19 January 1855.

Gilchrist, Alexander. Letter from RB. 8 February 1855.

Gillespie, George Knox. 5 letters from RB. 1862–69.

Gillum, William. Letter from RB. 15 June 1860.

Gladstone, Mary. Letter from RB. 7 November 1870.

Gladstone, Mary. Letter to RB. [ca. 1 January] 1884.

Goethe, Wolfgang Maximilian von. Letter to RB. November 1850.

Gosse, Edmund. 5 letters from RB. 1875–84.

Greville, Beatrice Violet. Letter from RB. 25 April 1883.

Griffith, Charlotte. Letter from EBB. 13 September 1836.

Grove, George. Letter from RB. 24 November 1869.

Hall้, Charles. Letter from RB. 15 July 1879.

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. 4 letters to RB. 1879–82.

Harrison, Clifford. 2 letters from RB. 24 June 1881 & 28 January 1886.

Hart, Mrs. Letter from RB. 16 June 1889.

Hatherley, Lady. 2 letters from RB. 8 May 1873 & 20 June 1876.

Haweis, Hugh Reginald. 7 letters from RB. 1880–87.

Haydon, Benjamin Robert. Letter to EBB. 9 December 1845.

Head, Barclay V. Letter to RB. 4 May 1875.

Henschel, George. Letter from RB. 2 March 1886.

Hewlett, Henry Gay. Letter from RB. 16 April 1873.

Hickey, Emily Henrietta. 2 letters to RB. [ca. 1883] & [mid-April 1883].

Hickey, Emily Henrietta. 3 letters from RB. 1882–89.

Hillard, Katharine. Letter from RB. 12 December 1873.

Hitchman, Francis. Letter to RB. 1886.

Hobart, Lady. Letter from RB. 18 February 1871.

Hobhouse, Lady. Letter from RB. 21 June 1881.

Horne, Richard Hengist. Letter from RB. 1879.

Howell, J.W. Letter from RB. 7 May 1879.

Howitt, Mary. Letter from EBB. 1 May [?1846].

Hunt, Alfred William. Letter from RB. [24 March] 1881.

Hunt, Leigh. Letter to EBB & RB. 31 December [1856–14 January 1857].

Huxley, Thomas Henry. Letter to RB. 11 February 1880.

Ireland, Mr. Letter from RB. 27 April 1889.

James, Lady. Letter from RB. 21 December 1876.

Jameson, Anna Brownell. Letter from EBB. 4 January [1853].

Jones, Mrs. Inwood. Letter from RB. 20 June 1872.

Kent, Charles. 3 letters from RB. 1872–86.

Kent, Charles. Letter to RB. [?18 March 1884].

Kenward, James. Letter from RB. 12 March 1870.

Kingsley, Fanny. Letter from RB. 13 November 1875.

Kirkup, Seymour. 15 letters to RB. Dates unknown.

Knight, Joseph. Letter from RB. 24 June 1871.

Knight, William Angus. Letter to RB. [19 September 1881].

Knightley, Louisa Mary. Letter from RB. 24 June 1880.

Knowles, James Thomas. 4 letters from RB. 1869–87.

Landor, Walter Savage. Letter to EBB. October 1844.

Landor, Walter Savage. Letter from RB. 14 April 1862.

Lane, Miss. Letter from RB. 31 August 1876.

Lang, Leonora Blanche. Letter to RB. [ca. October] 1882.

Law, Mr. Letter from RB. 18 November 1874.

Layard, Lady. Letter from RB. 18 February 1887.

Lehmann, Mrs. Letter from RB. 19 March 1875.

Leslie, Miss. Letter from RB. 19 February 1884.

Lewes, George Henry. 2 letters from RB. 24 April 1866 & 28 November 1866.

Lewis, Kate. Letter from RB. 26 April 1882.

Lewis, Mrs. 3 letters from RB. 1879–88.

Lindsay, Lady. Letter from RB. 23 December 1878.

Locker, Hannah Jane. Letter from RB. 13 December 1884.

Locker-Lampson, Frederick. 9 letters to RB & 1 letter to Sarianna Browning. 1870–90.

Lovejoy, George. Letter from RB. 20 February 1871.

Lowell, James Russell. 10 letters to RB. 1880–85.

Lyell, Lady. 2 letters from RB. 1868 & 17 June 1871.

Macmillan, Alexander. 2 letters from RB. 18 April 1867 & 16 October 1880.

Macquoid, Katharine Sarah. Letter from RB. 6 April 1881.

Macquoid, Thomas R. Letter from RB. 2 February 1881.

Macready, W.C. 13 letters to RB 1835–56.

Mahaffy, John Pentland. Letter to RB. [?November] 1878.

Mahony, Francis Sylvester. 4 letters to RB. 1847–50.

Marshall, Mary Alicia. Letter from RB. 10 July 1868.

Marston, John Westland. Letter from RB. 25 May 1870.

Martin, Theodore & Helena Faucit. Letter from RB. 1 July 1867.

Marzials, Frank Thomas. Letter from RB. 30 June 1875.

Massey, Gerald. 2 letters from RB. 15 March 1869 & 16 March 1872.

May, Florence. 6 letters from RB. Dates unknown.

Mayer, Samuel R.T. Letter from RB. 17 February 1870.

Meshfield, Mrs. Letter from RB. 15 March 1889.

Millais, Euphemia. Letter from RB. 18 July 1867.

Miller, Jean Morison Campbell. 2 letters from RB. 9 June 1884 & 8 February 1887.

Milnes, Richard Monckton. Letter from RB. 19 June 1882.

Milsand, Joseph. 31 letters to EBB & RB. 1853–85.

Morgan, Lady. Letter from RB. 1 June 1844.

Morley, Henry. Letter from RB. 14 January 1879.

Moscheles, Felix. 2 letters from RB. 13 July 1887 & 16 November 1887.

Moscheles, Margaret. Letter from RB. 18 July 1889.

Motley, Mary Elizabeth. Letter from RB. 21 March 1870.

Mount Temple, Lord. Letter from RB. 3 June 1881.

Moxon, Edward. Letter from RB. 18 May 1848.

Munby, Arthur Joseph. Letter from RB. 12 June 1882.

Murray, Douglas. Letter from RB. 17 May 1881.

Natorp, Gustav. 3 letters from RB. 1881–88.

Nettleship, John Trivett. Letter from RB. 17 June 1870.

Nettleship, John Trivett. 4 letters to RB. 1868–70.

Nicholson, Mrs. Letter from RB. 22 April 1887.

Osgood, James R. Letter from RB. 10 November 1875.

Paget, Violet. Letter to RB. [mid-October 1885].

Palgrave, Francis Turner. Letter from RB. 31 March 1863.

Palgrave, Francis Turner. Letter to RB. [ca. June] 1869.

Palmer, Sophia. Letter from RB. 6 July 1885.

Parry, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Letter from RB. 24 June 1881.

Paul, Kegan. Letter from RB. 13 January 1882.

Pennell, H. Cholmondeley. Letter from RB. 21 May 1869.

Peyton, Eliza. Letter from EBB. [ca. August 1832].

Pfeiffer, Emily Jane. 2 letters from RB. 7 June 1887 & 2 August 1889.

Pfeiffer, J. Edward. Letter from RB. [ca. August] 1882.

Pittar, J.J. 2 letters from RB. 9 & 15 December 1888.

Plowman, H. Letter from RB. 17 April 1879.

Pollock, Juliet. Letter from RB. 12 June 1866.

Potter, Robert. Letter to RB. 11 June 1878.

Priestley, Mrs. Letter from RB. 12 April 1879.

Prinsep, Valentine Cameron. Letter from RB. 2 September 1875.

Quilter, Mary Ann. Letter from RB. 14 March 1888.

Raffalovich, Marc Andr้. 4 letters from RB. 1886–88.

Read, Charles. Letter from RB. 14 June 1877.

Reay, Lady. Letter from RB. 15 February 1882.

Reeve, Christina Georgina. Letter from RB. 4 December 1864.

Renten, Mr. Letter from RB. 15 April 1874.

Robinson, Agnes Mary Frances. 10 letters to RB. Dates unknown.

Roche, Emily. 3 letters from RB. 1877–78.

Rodin, Auguste. Letter to RB. 2 January 1883.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. 2 letters to RB. 16 April 1856 & 24 May 1856.

Rossetti, William Michael. Letter from RB. 1 July 1869.

Ruskin, John. Letter from RB. 16 November 1866.

Russell, Mr. Letter from RB. 10 April 1864.

Sabine, Charles. Letter from RB. 9 September 1856.

Sadler, Thomas. Letter from RB. 25 June 1884.

Sartoris, Adelaide Kemble. Letter from RB. 26 May 1862.

Schlesinger, Henry. Letter from RB. 11 November 1880.

Schlesinger, Mary. Letter from RB. 27 December 1887.

Sharp, William. 3 letters to RB. Dates unknown.

Shedden-Ralston, William Ralston. Letter to RB. [mid-November] 1865.

Sherborne, Lady. Letter from RB. 1 July 1876.

Simpson, Mary Charlotte. Letter from RB. 15 January 1881.

Sitwell, Mrs. Letter from RB. 25 March 1886.

Smalley, George Washburn. Letter from RB. 8 June 1880.

Smalley, Mrs. George Washburn. 4 letters from RB. 1882–89.

Smith, Adam Clarke. Letter from RB. 5 December 1887.

Smith, Annie Egerton. Letter from RB. 21 September [1876].

Smith, Elizabeth. 2 letters from RB. 23 January 1871 & 3 March 1879.

Smith, George Murray. 2 letters from RB. [1871] & July 1880.

Smith, Laura Bullen. Letter from RB. 8 January 1887.

Spedding, James. Letter to RB. May 1867.

Spedding, Mrs. John. Letter from RB. 16 January 1874.

Spottiswoode, Mrs. 2 letters from RB. 5 February 1873 & 23 November 1875.

Stampe, George. Letter from RB. 26 January 1863.

Stanley, Augusta. Letter from RB. 23 November 1873.

Stephenson, A.J. Letter from RB. 25 October 1862.

Stibbard, Alice Elizabeth. Letter from RB. 1881.

Story, Edith Marion. Letter from RB. [ca. 30 October 1871].

Story, William Wetmore. Letter from RB. 26 July 1877.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Letter from EBB. [?13 February 1860].

Stuart, Mr. Letter from RB. 22 March 1884.

Sturgis, Mrs. Russell. Letter from RB. 3 March 1863.

Sudeley, Lord & Lady. Letter from RB. 25 April 1887.

Swanwick, Anna. 2 letters from RB. 20 June 1880 & 13 April 1881.

Talfourd, Rachel. Letter from RB. [22 August 1844].

Talfourd, Thomas Noon. 3 letters from RB. 1836–52.

Taylor, Bayard. Letter from RB. 26 February 1867.

Tennyson, Alfred. Letter to EBB. 8 September [1852].

Tennyson, Alfred. Letter to RB. 21 October 1877.

Tennyson, Emily Sellwood. Letter from EBB. 9 August [1852].

Thompson, Elizabeth. Letter from RB. 26 May 1880.

Thompson, Henry. Letter from RB. 30 April 1889.

Thompson, Lady. 2 letters from RB. 13 February 1877 & 18 June 1881.

Thomson, William. 2 letters from RB. 9 May 1868 & 26 May 1868.

Thomson, William & Zo๋. Letter from RB. 12 June 1877.

Thomson, Zo๋. 2 letters from RB. 19 June 1868 & 21 July 1870.

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm. Letter to RB. 12 April 1887.

Trench, Richard Chenevix. 7 letters to RB. Dates unknown.

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. Letter to RB. 25 June 1887.

Tuer, Andrew White. 2 letters from RB. 7 October 1888 & 8 June 1889.

Tweedy, Mary. Letter from EBB. [?3 November 1853].

Walrond, Mrs. Letter from RB. 12 December 1866.

Walton, G.L. Letter from RB. 1 February 1879.

Ward, Frederick Oldfield. Letter from RB. 16 October 1851.

Ward, Mrs. Humphry. Letter from RB. 1875.

Watts, George Frederic. Letter to RB. 8 April 1867.

Watts, George Frederic. Letter from RB. August 1875.

Webster, James Claude. Letter from RB. 17 May 1876.

Wedgwood, Mrs. Hensleigh. Letter from RB. 23 January 1864.

West, Elizabeth Dickinson. Letter to RB. [ca. October] 1881.

Wharncliffe, Lady. Letter from RB. 2 September 1886.

Williams, John Daniel. Letter from RB. 11 August 1888.

Woolner, Thomas. 2 letters from RB. 20 June 1872 & 12 May 1873.

Zimmern, Helen. 11 letters to RB. 1876–78.

Zimmern, Helen. Letter from RB. 8 May 1879.