| Description | Containing correspondence, newspaper cuttings, articles from magazines and periodicals, photographs, reproductions of portraits (including those of Cobden's parents), funeral notices, poems, membership and admission tickets, photographs and prints of Dunford and of busts of and memorials to Cobden. The book is initially devoted to the family history up to and including Richard Cobden's time but later additions include: material concerning the deaths of J. S. A. Cobden-Sanderson, Kate Fisher and R. C. Fisher; an article by Richard Cobden-Sanderson on E. M. A. Cobden and her literary publications; election material, broadsheets, etc. collected during E. J. C. Cobden's election campaign; miscellanea concerning Dunford House including its rental and the sale of books and furniture over the years.
The correspondence includes letters to Mrs. C. A. Cobden from W. Banks, 1865 (p. 31), and W. E. Corner, 1867 (p. 31); to the Secretary of the Cobden Club from Frederick Chatterton, 1928 (p. 27) and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers, 1933 (p. 65); to [E.] Fischer from E. J. C. Cobden Unwin, 1922 (copy) (p. 59); to Miss Haslam from James Burt, 1864 (copy) (p. 1); to Mrs. Ker from Rayner Storr, 1899 (p. 44); and a copy letter from the Union League of Philadelphia to Richard Cobden, 1863 (p. 27) |