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122361. Add MS 89727/2/40

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Title:
General correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers - undated correspondence I
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1909-c 1957
Extent:
1 folder

122362. Add MS 89727/2/41

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Title:
General correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers - undated correspondence II
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1909-c 1957
Extent:
1 folder

122363. Add MS 89727/3

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Title:
Other papers collected by Dorothy L. Sayers
Scope & Content:
Includes: Sayers's Cyclists' Touring Club membership card; a reproduction of a 1937 advertisement for Guinness showing an illustration from The Pickwick Papers containing a Guinness placard; notes [in Sayers's hand?] entitled 'Ideas for Transparencies'; a typed list of the names and fates of eigh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1950s
Extent:
1 folder

122364. Add MS 89728/1/1

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during June and August 1812. These letters begin on HMS Fawn on 28 Jun as Gordon sets sail from Falmouth for the Peninsular. However, bad weather forces a return to Falmouth for several days. The first letter from Lisbon is dated 12 Jul w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

122365. Add MS 89728/1/2

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during September and October 1812, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal. These letters begin with one on 8 Sep from Valladolid, originally enclosing a copy of a report on the position of the troops. The letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

122366. Add MS 89728/1/3

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during and after the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during November 1812 and Oct 1814, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal and one with an attached military seal. These letters begin with one on 1 Nov from Rueda, describing how the siege of Burgos was abandoned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
1 folder

122367. Add MS 89728/2

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Title:
Official documents created by James Willoughby Gordon
Scope & Content:
Official documents created by Gordon during the Peninsular War. Report to the King, dated 8 Sep 1812 from Valledolid, marked “Confidential and secret”, describing the transfer of the allied army's headquarters from Madrid to Valladolid, and the movements of the troops from 1-7 Sep. Memorandum of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

122368. Add MS 89729/1

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Title:
Manuscript proof of 'The Wilde Myth' by Lord Alfred Douglas
Scope & Content:
An unpublished printed proof of The Wilde Myth written by Lord Alfred Douglas concerning Oscar Wilde and his supporters. The book was never published due to the potential of libel. This proof is dated 2 Oct 1916 and contains the author's final corrections alongside the handwritten dedication “...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 folder

122369. Add MS 89729/2

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Title:
Correspondence between Alfred Douglas and publisher Martin Secker
Scope & Content:
Handwritten and typed letters between Alfred Douglas and the publisher, Martin Secker, regarding the publication of The Wilde Myth. These letters cover the history of their engagement relating to this publication, from Douglas' initial letter requesting an advance payment on signing the contract...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1917
Extent:
1 folder

122370. Add MS 89729/3

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Title:
Correspondence between publishers concerning 'The Wilde Myth'
Scope & Content:
Various letters between publishers, lawyers and Lord Alfred Douglas regarding attempts to publish The Wilde Myth. This folder contains: a letter to Martin Secker from Samuel John Pryor, dated 28 Sep 1916, enclosing Pryor's letter to Douglas concerning inaccurate references to his person in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 folder

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