P. Benjamin Britten: autograph inscription 'SPRING SYMPHONY original sketches', with signature, from a folder of music paper; circa 1949. Held in Manuscript Collections for several years and incorporated in 1986. f. 58. 245 x 270mm.
Q. Letter from Nicholas Reynolds [Nicolaus Reinoldus], cartographer, to Abraham Ortelius; [1562?]. Latin. With an autograph annotation by Ortelius. Published in J. H. Hessels (ed.), Abrahami Ortelii . . . et virorum eruditorum ad eundem et ad J. Colium Ortelianum . . . epistulae (Cambridge, 1887...
J. Photograph of Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant; circa 1867-1874. With an autograph note, circa 1871-1874, and two printed newspaper-cuttings, 1868, n.d. Transferred from Collection Development (Antiquarian Section), July 1986. ff. 13-17. Mounted on card 295 x 237mm.
R. Reminiscences of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, particularly as organist at Gloucester Cathedral, by C. E. Clarke; after 1877. Purchased at Sotheby's, 27 May 1986, lot 788. ff. 61-69. 180 x 115mm.
S. Letter from Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, to Barbara, widow of Henry Yelverton, Viscount de Longueville, concerning the expulsion from Court of Catherine, Duchess of Queensberry, for promoting John Gay's opera, 'Polly'; 18 March 1728/9. Signed. Supplementing their correspondence in Add. 6145...
D. Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers, (b.1874, d.1942), Professor of English Literature, London University, to , relating to the acquisition of the Codex Sinaiticus, circa 29 Dec. 1933. Purchased from John Grant of Edinburgh, 20 April 1986. f. 6. 180 x 115mm.
E. Letter from Leopoldo, Cardinal de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany, to Cardinal Alfonso Litta; 1668. Presented by Michael Langley, Esq., May 1986. f. 7. 275 x 200mm.
O. Illustrated letter from Ronald Searle to Mark Jones, Secretary of the British Art Medal Society, relating to his proposed Cannibal Medal; 22 July 1986. Presented by the recipient, Oct. 1986. f. 57. 295 x 210mm.
C. Letter from William Wordsworth to [Messrs. Longman], asking to be sent the original plates of pictures by Sir George Beaumont that were used for his Poems (1815), and complimenting them on the progress of the 'new Edition', that is, probably Yarrow Revisited (1835); early 1835. Purchased from...
B. Letter from William Whitehead, Poet Laureate to the poet William Mason; 17 March 1759. Whitehead, who was living with the family of the Earl of Jersey as tutor to Lord Villiers, discusses his own 'New Year's Ode' and describes the singer and musician Anne Ford (later Thicknesse). Purchased fr...