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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10374
Title:
Scope & Content:: KING JAMES II. Autograph letter signed, as Duke of York, to the Attorney General Sir William Jones thanking him for his support at the time of the 'Popish Plot'. Sotheby's, L14404, 15 July 2014, Lot 408. Creation dates: 04 March 1679
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Aug 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10375
Title:
Scope & Content:: A collection of letters, poems and other manuscript material from the Leigh family of Adlestrop, Jane Austen's mother's family. Bloomsbury Auctions, October 15th 2009, Lot 308. Creation dates: 1686 - 1866
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Oct 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10376
Title:
Scope & Content:: BOER WAR. 3 items as follows: 1) Diary of the second Boer War, kept by Lieutenant Lord Zouche of the 'Rough Riders', South Africa, 1900-1901. 2) Autograph journal kept in the field, inscribed on the inside cover: 'Written by Pvte W.B. Capel Vol Special Service in South Africa', 1900. 3) Autograp...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Dec 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10377
Title:
Scope & Content:: 1) DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll). Autograph letter signed to Mrs Egerton; 18 March 1894. 2) LIVINGSTONE, David. Autograph letter signed to 'My Dear Somerville' regarding the question of missionary work; [1864 or 1865]. Bonhams, 21764, 12 Nov 2014, Lots 65 and 91. Creation dates: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Dec 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10379
Title:
Scope & Content:: NIGHTINGALE, Florence. Autograph letter signed to Mrs Paul regarding an assistant named Ada Bowler. Creation dates: 10 June 1893
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Dec 2014
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10380
Title:
Scope & Content:: VEREKER, Captain Foley Charles Prendergast. The surveying voyage of HMS Myrmidon, North West Australia, being an autograph manuscript journal. Christie's, 30 Oct 2014, 10235, Lot 0005. Creation dates: April 1888 - January 1889
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 2014
Extent:: Digital images (3 discs)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10381
Title:
Scope & Content:: SOUTHEY, Robert. Autograph letter signed to Henry Hart Milman, discussing Southey's 'The Curse of Kehama' which draws on Hindu mythology. Creation dates: 02 Sept 1835
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Nov 2014
Extent:: 3 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10382
Title:
Scope & Content:: SHAKESPEARE, William. The fourth folio edition of Shakespeare's works, heavily annotated by the translator and writer, Rev. Philip Francis (1708-1773). Creation dates: 18th century
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Dec 2014
Extent:: 19 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10383
Title:
Scope & Content:: INDIAN MUTINY. Autograph letter signed by Brigadier Adrian Hope to Sir James Colville, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, written from the Alambagh three days before Sir Colin Campbell launched operations to relieve Lucknow camp. Bonhams, 21764, 12 Nov 2014, Lot 83. Creation dates:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Dec 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc) + 3 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10384
Title:
Scope & Content:: MISCELLANEOUS VERSE MISCELLANY. A collection of 17 Resoration poems and epigrams, including 'On the numerous access of the English to waite upon his Ma[jes]ti in Flanders' ("Hasten greate Prince unto the Brittish Isles ...") by Katherine Philips; Andrew Marvell's epigram on Thomas Blood's attemp...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 23 Dec 2014
Extent:: 12 photocopies

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