C. Letter from Clare Consuelo Sheridan, sculptor, to Christine Leguay; 1951. French. With photographs of her sculptures, etc. Presented by Brian Southam, Esq., in 1990. ff. 22-41. Various sizes.
D. Letter from Sir Terence Rattigan, playwright, to Edward Snow, his former preparatory school master, giving the basis of 'The Browning Version'; 1973. Purchased from Mrs Sally Carington, daughter of the recipient, from the Blakeney Fund. ff. 42-44. 253 x 202mm.
M. Invoice from William Harris, Optical Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker, 17 High Holborn, to Mr Mercer for a pair of 12 inch new British Globes, 27 Nov. 1804. Partly printed. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., Dec. 1990. ff. 80-80v. 170 x 205mm.
J. Correspondence (five letters) of J. Brownfield, schoolmaster. Presented by J. Brownfield, 23 Oct. 1990. ff. 70-76. 297 x 207mm. 1. With Christopher Chataway, P.C., M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Education and Science (1962-1964); 1961, 1963. Partly signed. 2. With Ric...
L. Letter from Thomas Phillips, military engineer and cartographer (b.1635? d.1693) to Edward Hubald of the Board of Ordnance, relating to arrears in pay; 'St. Jameses', 6 Dec. 1692. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., Dec. 1990. ff. 78-79. 230 x 175mm.
A. Miscellaneous papers, 17th -18th cent, including a list of knights and baronets, temp. James I, and a 17th-cent. copy of a poem 'The Lie', attributed to Sir Walter Ralegh. Partly French. Presented by Carew Reynell, Esq., through Mrs Muriel Lucas. ff. 1-20v. Various sizes.
B. Letter from R[obert] P[atch] Coates, Second Master of King's School, Rochester, afterwards Vicar of Darenth (1863-1883) and Rural Dean of Gravesend (1870-1877), to Ashley; 1861. Found in a copy of Johannes Caspar Suicerus, Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus, a Patribus Graecis (Amsterdam, 1682). Transf...
I. Letter from James Playfair, Principal of St. Andrews (b.1738, d.1819) to an unidentified correspondent; 25 Oct. 1808. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., Oct. 1990. f. 69. 230 x 180mm.
H. Letter from T. C. Skeat, former Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, to J. P. Hudson of the British Library, thanking colleagues for greetings sent to him on his eightieth birthday; 1987. Presented by the recipient and incorporated in Sept. 1990. f. 68. 175 x 136mm.
F. Four letters from the Rev. Richard Goddard (b.1728, d.1758) to his elder brother Thomas Goddard of Swindon, M.P., and others; 22 Oct. 1755-26 March 1756. Concerning his residence as chaplain in Lisbon, where their brother Ambrose (b.1729, d.1815) was a member of the English factory, and inclu...