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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10806
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Scope & Content:: AUSTRALIA - SECOND AND THIRD FLEETS. Sentencing summary of execution or respite for fourteen men and women, Newgate Gaol. Creation date: 20 June 1788.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Sep 2016
Extent:: Digital image (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10807
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Scope & Content:: ALBUM OF LETTERS, many to members of the Grey family, by Henry James, John Ruskin, William Lloyd Garrison and others. Creation date: 19th - 20th century.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Sep 2016
Extent:: 17 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10808
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Scope & Content:: JOHN OGDON. Various letters and notes, including letters to Alistair Lord Londonderry, and letters received from Vladimir ('Vova') Ashkenazy. Creation date: 20th century.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Sep 2016
Extent:: 20 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10809
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Scope & Content:: WINSTON CHURCHILL. Brief typed letter signed, on 10 Downing Street letterhead. To Major George Cornwallis-West, thanking him for a letter in which he reminded Churchill of 'a past discussion on Prayer'. Creation date: 13 July 1940.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Sep 2016
Extent:: 1 photocopy sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10810
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Scope & Content:: EDWARD VIII. Autograph letter signed ('Edward P') to Dame Margaret Davidson at Government House, Sydney. Written during his tour of Australia and New Zealand, and remarking that 'we have a really strenuous program to face in Queensland'. Creation date: 25 July 1920.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Sep 2016
Extent:: 3 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10811
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Scope & Content:: TOLKIEN, J. R. R. Autograph letter signed, with envelope, addressed to K. F. Mawson of Wakefield, thanking him for his appreciative letter about Lord of the Rings. Refers to the 'great labour' in writing (and typing) the work. Creation date: 7 Jan 1960.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Sep 2016
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10812
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Scope & Content:: CHESTERTON, G. K. Archive of his correspondence with A. G. Gardiner of the Daily News. Thirteen items, comprising autograph letters signed and two autograph manuscripts: the poem 'The March of the Black Mountain' and the article 'The Saint and the Dragon' (here titled 'The True Curse of Khaki')....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Aug 2016
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10813
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Scope & Content:: ADMIRAL LORD GRAVES, ROYAL NAVY. Seven autograph letter/log books. Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves KB (1725-1802). Creation dates: Late 18th century.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Aug 2016
Extent:: Digital images (2 discs)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10814
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Scope & Content:: ROBERT STEWART, Viscount CASTLEREAGH (1769-1822). Autograph letter signed to Lord Yarmouth, marked 'Confidential & Secret'. Requests 'a few minutes tomorrow'. Regarding a Parliamentary Seat. Creation date: late 1821.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Oct 2016
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10815
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Scope & Content:: Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (1874-1942). Autograph letter signed to a young admirer, Miss Agnes Pybus (of Sheffield, UK), thanking her for her letter and informing her that she is writing 'a new Anne book'. Creation date: 9 November 1939.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Oct 2016
Extent:: 4 photocopy sheets

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