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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9927
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELIOT, George. Autograph letter signed ('M.E. Lewes') to Nicholas Trübner, requesting him to visit her regarding her late husband's manuscripts. Creation dates: 12 Mar 1879
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Aug 2012
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9928
Title:
Scope & Content:: R.M.S. TITANIC memorabilia:- (1) Autograph letter signed from Charles Frederick Morgan, assistant storekeeper on the Titanic, to his mother from on board the ship; 11 April 1912. (2) Autograph letter signed from Titanic survivor John Pillsbury Snyder to his father, written on board rescue ship...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Aug 2012
Extent:: 4 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9929
Title:
Scope & Content:: SWIFT, Jonathan. 7 autograph letters signed to the Duke of Dorset on Church of Ireland business, one letter recommending his friend the clergyman Dr Thomas Sheridan as schoolmaster in Cavan, and the remainder mostly discussing requests for the preferment of specific individuals. Sotheby's, 10 Ju...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Aug 2012
Extent:: 13 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9930
Title:
Scope & Content:: LHUYD, Edward (1659/60?-1709). Autograph letter signed to his fellow antiquary the Reverend Henry Rowlands (rector of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Anglesey), including an account of Lhuyd's arrest as a suspected spy during a philological expedition to Brittany. Christie's, 13 Jun 2012, 5334, Lot 40. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Aug 2012
Extent:: 4 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9931
Title:
Scope & Content:: ELIZABETH I (1533-1603), queen of England and Ireland. Document signed (at head, 'Elizabeth R'), being letters patent binding herself for the repayment of a loan delivered by the Antwerp merchant Jeronimus Relinger to her financial agent Sir Thomas Gresham, countersigned on the verso by eight me...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 28 Aug 2012
Extent:: 4 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9932
Title:
Scope & Content:: YONGE, Charlotte Mary. 3 autograph letters signed to Eleanor Price, concerning the writing of the experimental novel 'The Miz Maze, or The Winkworth Puzzle', a story in letters by 9 authors (published 1883). Yonge's letters to Price are dated 25 Oct 1882, 30 Oct 1882 and 26 Nov 1882. Creation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 2012
Extent:: 9 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9933
Title:
Scope & Content:: FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Autograph letter signed to Thomas Walpole, bemoaning the failure of Lord Chatham's efforts to find a basis of conciliation with the American colonies and to bring to an end the Revolutionary War. Written in France. Creation dates: 11 Dec 1777
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 2012
Extent:: 2 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9934
Title:
Scope & Content:: DIXON, John. RAINHILL TRIALS. Autograph letter signed, containing an account of the ongoing Rainhill Trials of steam railway locomotives. Bonhams, 12 June 2012, Lot 144. Creation dates: 16 Oct 1829
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Sep 2012
Extent:: 4 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9935
Title:
Scope & Content:: TALBOT, William Henry Fox:- (1) Autograph letter signed, in French, to Antonio Bertolini referring to the latter's 'Flora Italica' and discussing some specimens he has collected; 12 Nov 1833. (2) Two autograph letters signed and one autograph letter to Robert Hunt, on a publication in the 'Ath...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 24 Jul 2012
Extent:: 14 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9936
Title:
Scope & Content:: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge [Lewis Carroll]. 3 autograph letters signed to Mrs [Constance Emily] Burch (20 May 1893, 13 Dec 1893 and 3 May 1896), along with 'Recollections of Lewis Carroll' dated 31 Oct 1971 by her daughter Dorothy Burch. Sotheby's, L12404, 10 Jul 2012, Lot 130. Creation dates: 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Jul 2012
Extent:: 9 photocopies

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