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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10886
Title:
Scope & Content:: DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to social reformer Thomas Southwood-Smith. Refers to intending to publish 'a cheap pamphlet called "An Appeal to the People of England, on behalf of the Poor Man's Child" - with my name attached'. Creation date: 6 March 1843.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Jan 2017
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10887
Title:
Scope & Content:: DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Autograph letter signed, to 'Reid', asking if he would attend a performance of a dramatic production of 'Holmes' at a theatre in Glasgow and report back. 'It is possible that I may take action on the matter'. Creation date: 3 June 1894.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Jan 2017
Extent:: 1 photocopy sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10888
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Scope & Content:: BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-90). Autograph manuscript on the wealth of Zanzibar. Creation date: [c 1875].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Jan 2017
Extent:: Digital images on compact disc

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10890
Title:
Scope & Content:: SERLE, Ambrose (1742-1812): (1). American Revolution. 'A Sketch of the Interest of Great Britain in Her American Colonies'. Fair copy in a single hand of a manuscript treatise calling for free trade between Britain and the American colonies. (2). Autograph manuscript tracts on American affairs...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Jan 2017
Extent:: Digital images on 4 compact discs.

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10891
Title:
Scope & Content:: Viscount CORNBURY (Henry Hyde, 1710-53). 'The Mistakes', a drama in autograph manuscript. (Posthumously published in 1758 with a preface by Horace Walpole.) Creation date: [Before 1753].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Jan 2017
Extent:: Digital images on 1 compact disc.

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10893
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Scope & Content:: ROBERTSON, Dr Robert (1742-1829), Ship's Surgeon. Five manuscript diaries and Sick Books, providing a detailed account of his career at sea (HMS Edgar and HMS Romney), and subsequently in private practice in Hythe, Hampshire, and as physician in charge at Greenwich Royal Hospital. Creation date...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jan 2017
Extent:: Digital images on 2 compact discs

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10895
Title:
Scope & Content:: COX family, Warwickshire. Manuscript book of cookery and domestic recipes. 165 pages. The manuscript is probably from the household of Rev. Dr Thomas Cox of Atherstone-upon-Stour. Creation date: Early 19th century.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Jan 2017
Extent:: 93 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10896
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Scope & Content:: GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809-1898). Autograph letter signed to J. Stuart Wortley, giving him advice as to the best means to finance his enterprise. Creation date: 27 Aug 1865.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Jan 2017
Extent:: 3 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10897
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Scope & Content:: TUKE, Samuel (1784-1857). Autograph letter signed to Jacob P. Sturge, of Bristol, replying to his enquiry about 'our Girls School'. Creation date: 1844.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Jan 2017
Extent:: 3 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10898
Title:
Scope & Content:: GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948). Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Friend', thanking him for his opinion about the Will of the late Vithalbhai Patel. Creation date: 26 June 1938.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Jan 2017
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

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