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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [40] File

1451. Ashley MS B2375

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2375
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'Romantic Ballads'. 'The Violet-Gatherer'; circa 1865. Fair copy, with revisions, of stanzas 7-10, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark 'Cowan'. The final text found in the fair copy is identical with that printed on pp. 160-161. Accompanying the MS. is a let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

1452. Ashley MS B2376

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2376
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Bill from Robert Rivière and Son to T. J. Wise for £28-10-0 in connection with work on the MS. of 'The Rescuer' by Joseph Conrad (Ashley MS. 4787) and on a copy of Romantic Ballads, 1826, by George Borrow (Ashley MS. 2376); 13 Sept. 1920. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 38]. includes: f. 60 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 item

1453. Ashley MS B2380

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2380
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'Targum'. 1. 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee'; circa 1860. Fair copy, written on both sides of one quarto leaf of white laid paper, and on one side only of another. The leaves are conjoined. Watermark 'Cowan'. The MS. is entitled 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee. / From the Tartar.' in Borr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1884
Extent:
1 item

1454. Ashley MS B2383

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2383
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'The Zincali'. Fair copy, with revisions, of a translation of the Lord's Prayer into Spanish Romany, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper; circa 1839. Watermark part of lion on crowned shield. The text found in the fair copy differs greatly from that printed in vol. II,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1839
Extent:
1 item

1455. Ashley MS B2386

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2386
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Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of George Borrow; 2 Dec. 1913. [Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 43.] includes: ff. 68-69 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Sir Edmund William Gosse: 1913.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 item

1456. Ashley MS B2387

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2387
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Certificate that his wife had transcribed George Borrow's 'The Bible in Spain' etc. from the original MSS; 30 Jan. 1869. Draft, in the hand of George Borrow, written on one side only of an octave leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The certificate is dated 'Jan(ry) 30, 1869'. [Ashley Library...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item

1457. Ashley MS B2394

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2394
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Part of a Draft Letter from George Borrow to the Rev. A. Brandram, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society; 5 Dec. 1836. The text of the letter received by the Society, from which this draft differs in places, is printed in Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Soc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1836
Extent:
1 item

1458. Ashley MS B2395

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2395
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Letter from Mary Borrow to her husband George Borrow, concerning the stay of herself and her daughter at Brighton, and the arrangements for their return to London; [1864-1865?]. The paper is watermarked 'Joynson / 1864'. Mrs Borrow's daughter was married in the course of 1865. Printed in C. K. S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1864-1865?]
Extent:
1 item

1459. Ashley MS B2407

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2407
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'Ramund': a ballad translated from the Danish by George Borrow; circa 1829. Autograph fair copy, with many revisions, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark lion with trident on crowned shield. Entitled as above in Borrow's hand. The hand suggests a date of cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1829
Extent:
1 item

1460. Ashley MS B2413

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B2413
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'Ode to Lewis Morris': a translation from the Welsh by George Borrow of the poem by Goronwy Owen; circa 1829. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark 'J Rump'. The MS. is entitled 'Ode to Lewis Morris / From the Welsh of Goronwy Owen' in Borrow'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1829
Extent:
1 item