HODGSON PAPERS. Vols. II, III . Correspondence and papers relating to the dispute between Mrs Hodgson and Thomas Bewick over a printing bill for the History of British Birds, 1st ed. 1797, and the rights and shares in A General History of Quadrupeds, both illustrated by him; 1797-1806. See I. Bain, A Checklist of the Manuscripts of Thomas Bewick, 1970, pp. 5, 30-3, for related correspondence now in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Sarah Hodgson, wife of S Hodgson, proprietor of the 'Newcastle Chronicle': Correspondence and papers,: 1797-1822.
HODGSON PAPERS. Vols. VI-IX. Diaries and notebooks of John Gibson; 1843-1846, with additions, 1851, 1852. Four volumes. Octavo.
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John Gibson, painter and glass-stainer: Diaries and notebooks in Russia and Germany: 1843-1846. Music: References to, including specimens of Russian music,: 1843-1846. Diaries and Memoranda: John Gibson,: 1843-1846. John Gibson, painter and glass-stainer: Diaries and note-books,: 1843-1846.
HODGSON PAPERS. Vols. XII, XIII A-E. Local and occasional verse by John Cunningham, John Shield, Thomas Thompson and others from Newcastle-upon-Tyne; bef. 1773-1816, n.d. See T. Bell, Songs and Poems relating to the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne . . ., 2 vols. (printed book pressmark 11621.i.2), and a further collection of ballads and songs compiled by Bell (pressmark 11621.i.12).
HORSBRUGH PAPERS. Vols. I-III. Siege diaries; 1779-1782. The almost daily account of operations includes notes of casualties and the rate of enemy artillery fire. See also the description in Add. MS. 45188 and T. H. McGuffie, The Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783, 1965. Brown calf bindings.
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Diaries and Memoranda: Maj. J. Horsbrugh, during siege of Gibraltar,: 1779-1782.
COTTRAU MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. I-III. 'Griselda', opera in four acts, later revised to three; 1875-1876. Libretto by Enrico Golisciani. Published, in vocal score, by the composer, Paris, 1877. See 50264. First performed in the revised three-act version at the Teatro Niccolini, Florence, 1890. See also 50272 A-C.