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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Language English Name Jones, Henry Festing, author and composer

1. Add MS 39183

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THREE LETTERS from Ensign James Butler to his elder brother William, father of Dr. Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield. The letters are in journal form, written mostly on the voyage to India, and dated 4 Mar. 1764, 4 Apr. 1764, and 21 Jan. 1765 (the journal ending with his arrival at Calcutta, 23 Sept. 1764). Copies, the latter part (from f. 17) in the same hand as the duplicate copies of the second and third letters contained in Add. MS. 34583 (ff. 3, 11), in which there is added a fourth le...
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Ensign James Butler: Journal letters to W. Butler: 1764.: Copies. includes: f. 2 Samuel Butler, author of 'Erewhon': Note by: 1887. ff. 3-17 Deborah Butler: Transcribed aft.: 1765.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 39674 A-39674 I

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Add MS 39674 A-39674 I
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MISCELLANEOUS
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39674. Original letters and papers, etc.. includes: f. 1 Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet; physician: Letter to Dr. Anderson: 1881.f. 3 Staverton, at Leominster: Letter to, from Rev. W. Adams: 1670.f. 3 Reverend William Adams, Rector of Welsh Bicknor (?): Letter to - Staverton: 1670....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1260-1913]
Extent:
9 items

3. Add MS 39674 I

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I. 1. Letter of W[illiam] S[mith] Rockstro to [Samuel] Butler, author of " Erewhon," enclosing a puzzle-canon, Mar. 1892. f. 45. 2. Exercises in counterpoint by H. F. Jones, corrected by Rockstro, from whom both Butler and Jones took lessons (see f. 49). Preceded (f. 50) by canons in Rockstro'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 39846

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Vol. I (ff. 520). Chaps. i-lx, as in the printed edition, but wanting chaps. iv, v ; see " Observations," etc. by Mr. Festing Jones, bound at the beginning of the volume. Chap. vi is shortened in the printed edition, by the omission of ff. 42-43. Samuel Butler, author of 'Erewhon': The Way of A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1885
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 39847

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Vol. II (ff. 310). Chaps. lxi-end; the chapter division and numeration differ in most cases from those of the printed edition. Two pages, with pencil numbers 112, 113 are missing after f. 118, corresponding to p. 334, 11. 5-28 of the printed edition. At the end are :-(a) " Addenda for the Pontif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1885
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 41671

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4167I. H. FESTING JONES MSS. Vol. I (ff. i + 265). 'The Crystal Casket: Comic opera in 2 Acts' to words by P. H. Crib (i.e. Philip Birch). Apparently unpublished (see ff. 2-3 and Vol. VIII, f. 1). Pianoforte score with composer's notes. Typescript of list of characters and argument (ff. 4-9), an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 41672

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Vol. II, the first original draft afterwards much altered and rearranged before publication. Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: 'Diversions in Sicily': circ. 1909.: Two versions. Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 41673

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Vol. III a second draft (see note on f. 1) wanting the end of ch. viii. Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: Bookplates: 20th cent. Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: 'Diversions in Sicily': circ. 1909.: Two versions. Autogr. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Jones (Henry Festing), d. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 41674

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Vol. IV first draft, incomplete (see author's note on f. i). Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: 'Castellinaria and other Sicilian Diversions': circ. 1911.: Two versions. Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 41675

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Add MS 41675
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Vol. V final manuscript as prepared for publication. Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: Bookplates: 20th cent. Henry Festing Jones, author and composer: 'Castellinaria and other Sicilian Diversions': circ. 1911.: Two versions. Autogr. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Jones (Henry Festing), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item