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16161. RP 10001

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RP 10001
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DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to the actor-managerJohn Baldwin Buckstone, requesting a box at the Adelphi for a performance of 'The Flowers of the Forest: A Gypsy Story'. The letter is also signed by C. Stanfield and Danl. Maclise. Creation dates: [07 April 1847]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 2013
Extent:
1 photocopy

16162. RP 10002

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RP 10002
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WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797). Autograph letter signed to Hannah More, on letters, forgeries, and the newly-discovered Roman manuscripts at Herculaneum. Creation dates: 17 Aug 1788
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 2013
Extent:
4 photocopies

16163. RP 10003

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RP 10003
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MACDONALD, George. Autograph letter signed to the Rev James Craik refusing an invitation in Glasgow as he has already agreed to stay elsewhere. Creation dates: 18 Dec 1869
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 2013
Extent:
2 photocopies

16164. RP 10004

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RP 10004
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SLAVERY. 2 Autograph letters signed from a steward, John Jaques, written from Jamaica, to William Philp [sic] Perrin, reporting on the management of Perrin's sugar plantations, including the purchase of slaves and land from Doctor James McVicar; 5 Jan and 16 Jul 1796. Creation dates: Jan-Jul 1796
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 2013
Extent:
6 photocopies

16165. RP 10005

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RP 10005
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SLAVERY. Manuscript account document, handled by the solicitors English & Eskrigge on behalf of the estate of the Antiguan merchant Oliver Birch Esq., for the sale of a slave named Hope. Creation dates: 1786
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 2013
Extent:
1 photocopy

16166. RP 10006

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RP 10006
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RICKETTS, Charles (1866-1931). SHANNON, Charles (1863-1937). 7 Autograph letters signed and 4 autograph postcards signed from Ricketts, and 3 autograph cards signed from Shannon, all to the Irish artist and collector Cecil French (1879-1953), discussing art, artists, travel and relationships. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 2013
Extent:
19 photocopies

16167. RP 10007

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RP 10007
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WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed, written at the Windsor Hotel, to Mrs Stephenson asking her to 'accept a copy of my poems in memory of the charming evening I had the privilege of passing at your house'. Creation dates: Undated
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 2013
Extent:
1 photocopy

16168. RP 10008

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RP 10008
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1) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; [1929?]. 2) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; Thursday [no year]. 3) DODGSON, Charles [Lewis Carroll]. Autograph letter signed to Mabel Burton; 24 Dec 1879. 4) GAMBINO, Carlo. Cheque signed by Gam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
21 Feb 2013
Extent:
35 photocopies

16169. RP 10009

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RP 10009
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Signed photographs:- ORCZY, Baroness Emma. (Signed 'Yours very sincerely Emmuska Orczy'); undated. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. (Signed 'Tennyson'); undated. MUCHA, Alphonse. 3 colour photographs (each signed 'Mucha'); undated. GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA Nikolaevna of Russia. (Signed 'Anastasia'); 1914....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 2013
Extent:
4 photocopies

16170. RP 10012

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RP 10012
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Manuscript Commonplace Book, known (since 1985) as Edmond Halley's Commonplace Book, an attribution with no real foundation, and probably based on a misunderstanding, written in a number of hands, on literary and scientific topics ranging from religion and science to carpentry, fishing and the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
4 Mar 2013
Extent:
8 photocopies