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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10119
Title:
Scope & Content:: WORLD WAR I - CHRISTMAS TRUCE. 2 Autograph letters signed with initials by Major J.P.V. Hawksley to his sister Muriel describing the truce of 1914; 27 and 29 December 1914. Bonhams, 20752, 19 June 2013, Lot 224. Creation dates: December 1914
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Aug 2013
Extent:: 6 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10120
Title:
Scope & Content:: NEWTON, Sir Isaac. Anonymous manuscript critiquing Newton's work 'Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel', questioning the accuracy of his calculations taken from the chronologies of the Bible. Creation dates: [Circa 1732-1733]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Jul 2013
Extent:: 8 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10121
Title:
Scope & Content:: WEST, Dame Rebecca. 5 Autograph letters signed to the poet Sylvia Lynd. Creation dates: [Circa 1921-1929]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jul 2013
Extent:: 10 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10122
Title:
Scope & Content:: PRIVY COUNCIL LETTER. Document beginning 'Our very lovinge freindes the highe Sheriffe of the Countie of Norff the Deputie Liuetenantes & Justices of peace', signed by George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury, and other privy councillors, requiring disarming of recusants in Norfolk. Creation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Aug 2013
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10123
Title:
Scope & Content:: LEWIS, C. S. Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Brother Harker', alluding to the death of his (C. S. Lewis's) wife. Creation dates: 24 Nov [1960]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Aug 2013
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10124
Title:
Scope & Content:: LEWIS, C. S. Autograph letter signed to the poet Rufus Buxton, discussing T. S. Eliot and saying that he feels 'incapable of helping people about this kind of [modern] poetry'. Creation dates: 26 May 1943
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 2013
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10125
Title:
Scope & Content:: SHAW, George Bernard. Collection of letters, including: 3 Autograph letters signed to Edith Lyttelton, referring to his work for the Joint Committee on Stage Plays; 28 July 1909-16 September 1941. Autograph letter signed to William Poel, refusing permission to perform 'O'Flaherty VC', but expre...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Aug 2013
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10126
Title:
Scope & Content:: JOYCE, James. Autograph postcard signed to James B. Pinker, asking him about a list of corrections to 'Dubliners' requested by the publisher Grant Richards. Sotheby's, L13404, 10 July 2013, Lot 323. Creation dates: 14 May 1917
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Aug 2013
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10127
Title:
Scope & Content:: WATSON-TAYLOR, George. Presentation manuscript (to John Jeffreys Pratt (1759-1840), Earl of Camden) of 'King Henry the Third, or England preserved' with a scene rewritten for Sarah Siddons. Creation dates 1795
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2 Sep 2013
Extent:: 4 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10128
Title:
Scope & Content:: RUSKIN, John. Autograph letter signed to Lady (Jane )Davy, asking for help in obtaining introductions to English people in Venice. Creation dates: 6 November 1849
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Sep 2013
Extent:: 2 photocopies

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