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451. Add MS 44027-44054

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Add MS 44027-44054
Title:
SAMUEL BUTLER PAPERS: correspondence and other papers of, or relating to, Samuel Butler (d. 1902), author of Erewhon, etc.; 1841-1920. For other Butler MSS. see Add. MSS. 36711-36713 (presented by R. A. Streatfeild) and 38176, 38177, 39846, 39847 (Presented by H. Festing Jones). In the final distribution of Butler's papers the present collection was assigned to the British Museum by Sir Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill, literary executors in lineal succession to Streatfeild, Jones and A. T. B...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bartholomew (Augustus Theodore) d.1933.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1841-1920
Extent:
28 items

452. Add MS 44086-44835

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Add MS 44086-44835
Title:
A SELECTION from the correspondence, official and private, literary manuscripts and other papers of William Ewart Gladstone (b. 1809, d. 1898)
Scope & Content:
Entering Parliament in 1832 as Member for Newark, he held a succession of offices, serving as Prime Minister four times, viz. :-1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894. Full details of his career will be found in the Life by Lord Morley, in which many extracts from these papers are printed. Cf. al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Burmese, English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
787 items

453. Add MS 44850-44855

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Add MS 44850-44855
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MORAVIAN CHURCH VERSES BY WILLIAM HAMMOND, B.A. (1719-1783), member of the Moravian Brethren, in Latin, Greek and English, and occasionally Hebrew and German. Autograph. The poems fall into four main categories, viz.:-(i) Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; (ii) Daily Blessings; (iii) Festival Commemorations; and (iv) a metrical Life of Christ. The Festival series, arranged in decennial groups, is carried by anticipation to 1923. For details of the author, see Hammond's autobiographical nar...
Scope & Content:
Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: W. Hammond: Moravian Church Verses: 1753-1766.: Gr., Lat., Hebr. and Engl. Moravian Brethren: Religious verses by W. Hammond: 1753-1766.: Polyglot. Hymns: Moravian hymns, by W. Hammond: 1753-1766.: Gr., Lat., Hebr., Germ., Engl. Richard Heber, book collector: Hym...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Latin, and Multiple languages
Date Range:
1753-1766
Extent:
6 items

454. Add MS 44919

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Add MS 44919
Title:
MISCELLANE0US Letters and Papers, viz.:- A. Letter from Alexander Pope, the poet, to Dr William Cowper, the antiquary, thanking him for his letter and verses, and recommending classical models; Twickenham, 5 Feb. 173½. Copy. Printed in The Correspondence of Alexander Pope, ed. G. Sherburn, 1956, iii, pp. 268-269. f. 1. Presented by William H. Robinson Ltd. B. Letter from Robert Burns, the eldest son of the poet, to - Dickson of The Morning Post, London, with local and personal gossip; Dumf...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Alexander Pope, poet: Letter to W. Cowper: 1732.: Copy. f. 3 Robert Burns, son of the poet: Letter to - Dickson: 1851. f. 5 George Canning, Prime Minister: Satirical poem, 'Mr Whitbread's Speech': 1806.: Copy. f. 5 Samuel Whitbread, MP: Satirical poem on, by G. Canning: 1806.: Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

455. Add MS 44942

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Add MS 44942
Title:
MORAVIAN CHURCH VERSES BY WILLIAM HAMMOND, B.A., member of the Moravian Brethren, viz. 'Poems, Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs On the Saviour of the World in Latin and English, Vol. II', with preface dated Northampton, 16 Oct. 1753. Autograph. Vols. III and IV of this series are Add. MSS. 44852, 44853, 44978. Paper; ff. 85. Folio. A.D. 1753. Book-stamp of the Moravian Church British Provincial Archives, ff. 1, 84b. Presented by the Moravian Church, Fetter Lane, through the Rev. J.N. Libbey.
Scope & Content:
Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: W. Hammond: Moravian Church Verses: 1753-1766.: Gr., Lat., Hebr. and Engl. Moravian Brethren: Religious verses by W. Hammond: 1753-1766.: Polyglot. Hymns: Moravian hymns, by W. Hammond: 1753-1766.: Gr., Lat., Hebr., Germ., Engl. William Hammond, BA: Religious ver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Latin, and Multiple languages
Date Range:
1753
Extent:
1 item

456. Add MS 44978-44979

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Add MS 44978-44979
Title:
MORAVIAN CHURCH VERSES BY WILLIAM HAMMOND, B.A., member of the Moravian Brethren, 1754-1755, n.d., supplementary to Add. MSS. 44850-44855, 44942. Autograph. Two volumes. Paper. Folio. Presented by the Moravian Church, Fetter Lane, through the Rev. J.N. Libbey.
Scope & Content:
Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: W. Hammond: Moravian Church Verses: 1753-1766.: Gr., Lat., Hebr. and Engl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Latin, and Multiple languages
Date Range:
1754-1776
Extent:
2 items

457. Add MS 44992-45022

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Add MS 44992-45022
Title:
RUSSELL PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Letters, papers and accompt-books of William Russell (11 Nov. 1740-26 Jan. 1818), his son Thomas Poughfer Russell (3 Feb. 1775-8 Feb. 1851), and his son's wife, Mary Russell, née Skey (24 Oct. 1790-1O May 1877); 1762-1856. See S.H. Jeyes, The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution and i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1762-1856
Extent:
31 items

458. Add MS 45028

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Add MS 45028
Title:
MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS written or signed by Bishops and (after 1777) Archbishops of Olmütz al. Olomouc in Moravia; 1614-1895. German, Latin, and Spanish. Some seals en placard. The series was apparently formed as a collection of autographs. The names of writers and signatories will be found in the index to this catalogue. Paper; ff. 37. Folio. 1614-1895. Presented by Sir Stephen Gaselee, K.C.M.G.
Scope & Content:
Olmütz, Moravia: Letters, etc., of Bps. and Abps.: 1614-1895.: Germ., Span. and Lat. includes: f. 5 Prince Franz von Dietrichstein,; Cardinal Bishop of Olmütz: Letter to C. von Zierotin: 1614.: Germ.ff. 5-34 passim Seals: Seals of various Bps. and Abps. of Olmütz: 1614-1853.f. 6 Prince F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1614-1895
Extent:
1 item

459. Add MS 45105

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Add MS 45105
Title:
BIBLI0GRAPHY of Works by or relating to Theodor Fontane (1819- 1898), the German author, compiled by Paul Herman Emden; n.d. German. Arranged by subjects (typewritten synopsis at ff. 1-6), it includes notices of letters (ff. 326-340) and other unpublished material. Paper; ff. 340. Folio. xx cent. Presented by Paul Herman Emden, Esq.
Scope & Content:
Bibliography: P. H. Emden, bibliography of books and MSS. by or rel. to T. Fontane: bef. 1939.: Germ. Theodor Fontane, German author: Bibliography, by P. H. Emden: bef. 1939.: Germ. Paul Herman Emden: Bibliography of T. Fontane by: bef. 1939.: Germ.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

460. Add MS 45106

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Add MS 45106
Title:
LETTERS (60) OF THEODOR FONTANE to Alexander Gentz and others, relating to his literary work and other matters; 1861-1887. German. Typewritten copies, except for ff. 79-81, which are MS. transcripts of five letters from which the typewritten copies at ff. 51, 74-78 were made. Arranged in alphabetical order of the surnames of recipients. Several passages in the transcripts of three letters to A. Gentz (ff. 20, 21, 23-25) are omitted from the versions printed in Briefe Theodor Fontanes, ed. 0....
Scope & Content:
Theodor Fontane, German author: Letters to A. Gentz and others: 1861-1887.: Germ.: Typewritten copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1861-1887
Extent:
1 item

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